DYNAMICS OF THE SIMPLEST CHLORINE ATOM REACTION - AN EXPERIMENTAL ANDTHEORETICAL-STUDY

Angular distributions and time-of-flight spectra for the reaction Cl H-2 --> HCl + H obtained from a high-resolution, crossed-molecular be am experiment were compared to differential cross sections calculated by both converged quantum mechanical scattering and quasi-classical tr ajectory methods. Good agreement was found between the experimental re sults and each theoretical prediction. The results demonstrate that ex cellent agreement can be obtained between state-of-the-art simulations and experiments for the detailed dynamical properties of this prototy pe chlorine atom reaction.