Determination of the long range nonreactive anisotropic potential of H+Cl/sub 2/ and H+Br/sub 2/ from nonreactive scattering experiments
Total differential and integral cross sections have been measured for the nonreactive scattering of H atoms from Cl/sub 2/ and Br/sub 2/. The differential cross sections were measured with a velocity selected beam at two center of mass energies, 0.17 and 0.78 eV, and the integral cross sections covered the center of mass energy range 0.01 to 1.2 eV. The results can be reasonably well explained by a spherically symmetric Lennard-Jones (12,6) potential for which the well depth and location are determined. The experimental results are shown to be in definite disagreement with cross sections calculated for the currently accepted LEPS potential surface. The fit of the experimental data is improved by including the effect of the anisotropy, which is accounted for by using the infinite order sudden approximation. A remaining discrepancy in the integral cross sections at high collision energies can be explained by introducing a plateau in the repulsive part of the Lennard-Jones potential to take into account the distortion due to the chemical potential. This new potential model is used to predict new cross section features outside the range of the present experiments.
- Research Organization:
- Max-Planck-Institut fuer Stroemungsforschung, 34 Goettingen, Federal Republic of Germany
- OSTI ID:
- 7208061
- Journal Information:
- J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 68:8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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