ALTERED REACTION DYNAMICS - LOWERED BARRIERS AND BOUND-STATES INDUCEDBY INTENSE INFRARED-LASER FIELDS

Authors
IVANOV MY MATUSEK DR WRIGHT JS
Citation
My. Ivanov et al., ALTERED REACTION DYNAMICS - LOWERED BARRIERS AND BOUND-STATES INDUCEDBY INTENSE INFRARED-LASER FIELDS, Chemical physics letters, 255(4-6), 1996, pp. 232-237
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
255
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
232 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1996)255:4-6<232:ARD-LB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
This Letter reports a study on the effect of the Stark shift for excha nge reactions in intense infrared laser fields. It is shown for the H + H-2 exchange reaction that such fields reduce the potential barrier, thus enhancing the reaction rate at low temperatures. Another interes ting effect, caused by the change in molecular polarizability as react ants approach, is the creation of (laser-induced) potential minima alo ng the reaction path.