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Quantum mechanical reactive scattering theory for simple chemical reactions: Recent developments in methodology and applications

Conference · · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)
OSTI ID:6144900
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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA (USA) Materials and Chemical Sciences Division, LawrenceBerkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (USA)

It has been discovered that the S-matrix version of the Kohn variational principle is free of the Kohn anomalies'' that have plagued other versions and prevented its general use. This has made a major contribution to heavy particle reactive (and also to electron-atom/molecule) scattering which involve non-local (i.e, exchange) interactions that prevent solution of the coupled channel equations by propagation methods. This paper reviews the methodology briefly and presents a sample of integral and differential cross sections that have been obtained for the H+H{sub 2}{r arrow}H{sub 2}+H and D+H{sub 2}{r arrow}HD+H reactions in the high energy region (up to 1.2 eV translational energy) relevant to resonance structures reported in recent experiments.

DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6144900
Report Number(s):
CONF-890708--
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA), Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Vol. 205:1; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPC
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English