Inelastic and reactive collisions with polarized excited Na atoms

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5648035

Schmidt, H; Hertel, I V; Lee, Y T

Polarization effects in inelastic collisions of laser state-prepared Na(3/sup 2/P, M/sub J/) with Na/sup +/ leading to Na(3/sup 2/D) or Na(3/sup 2/S) are discussed for the energy range E/sub cm/ = 5-47.5eV. Studies with linearly polarized light can be explained with a simple ''locking'' model of the Na(P)-orbital. The investigations employing circularly polarized light are a very sensitive test of the models describing the nonadiabatic angular momentum coupling between electronic and nuclear motion. The dynamical effects of the electronic spin on the angular momentum transfer are discussed. Recent crossed-beam experiments on the Na + O/sub 2/ -> NaO = O reaction in the energy range E/sub cm/ = 0/3-0.8eV show a pronounced dependence on the electric electronic symmetry of Na. 17 refs., 11 figs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Dept. of Chemistry
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5648035
• Report Number(s): LBL-20877; CONF-850701-10; ON: DE86013197
• Resource Relation: Conference: 14. international conference on the physics of electronic and atomic collisions, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 24 Jul 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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