ON NASCENT ANGULAR-MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS IN COMPLEX-FORMING BIMOLECULAR REACTIONS

Authors
OLZMANN M
Citation
M. Olzmann, ON NASCENT ANGULAR-MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS IN COMPLEX-FORMING BIMOLECULAR REACTIONS, Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft fur Physikalische Chemie, 101(3), 1997, pp. 533-537
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft fur Physikalische Chemie
ISSN journal
00059021 → ACNP
Volume
101
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
533 - 537
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-9021(1997)101:3<533:ONADIC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A detailed modelling of a complex-forming bimolecular reaction require s the knowledge of the nascent energy and angular-momentum distributio n of the intermediate complex. A method is presented to calculate the distribution of the orbital angular momenta as a result of reactive co llisions in a radial potential. For the case of thermal collisions, an alytical solutions are obtained. Reactions of photochemically generate d species are also considered. The method is applied to the reaction o f CH4 with O-2(+) and O(D-1), respectively.