Product rotational polarization in photo-initiated bimolecular reactions A+BC: Dependence on the character of the potential energy surface for different mass combinations

In cases of light-heavy-light (LHL), light-light-heavy (LLH), and light-hea vy-heavy (LHH) mass combinations, the product rotational polarization is re ported using the quasiclassical trajectory method in the photoinitiated bim olecular reaction A + BC --> AB + C on attractive, mixed, and repulsive sur faces. Four polarization-dependent differential cross sections (PDDCS) whic h are sensitive to many photoinitiated bimolecular reaction experiments are presented. Furthermore, the dihedral angle distribution P(phi(r)) characte rizing the K-K'-J' correlation and the distribution of angle between K and J' P(theta(r)) are discussed. Finally, the angular distributions P(theta(r) ,phi(r)) of product rotational vectors in the form of polar plots in theta( r) and phi(r) are shown.