CLASSICAL TRAJECTORY AND STATISTICAL ADIABATIC CHANNEL STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF CAPTURE AND UNIMOLECULAR BOND FISSION - IV - VALENCE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ATOMS AND LINEAR ROTORS
Ai. Maergoiz et al., CLASSICAL TRAJECTORY AND STATISTICAL ADIABATIC CHANNEL STUDY OF THE DYNAMICS OF CAPTURE AND UNIMOLECULAR BOND FISSION - IV - VALENCE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ATOMS AND LINEAR ROTORS, The Journal of chemical physics, 108(13), 1998, pp. 5265-5280
The addition of atoms to linear molecules forming linear or nonlinear
adducts is treated using standardized valence potentials. The dynamics
is analyzed with a combination of classical trajectory (CT) and stati
stical adiabatic channel (SACM) calculations. For classical adiabatic
conditions, the two approaches coincide. The transition from adiabatic
to nonadiabatic dynamics is investigated using CT calculations. The l
ow-temperature adiabatic quantum range is studied by SACM. Thermal cap
ture rate constants are represented in analytical form. Thermal rigidi
ty factors are expressed in terms of molecular parameters such as the
frequencies of transitional bending modes, the bond dissociation energ
y, the rotational constant of the linear fragment, and the ratio of th
e looseness and Morse parameters alpha/beta of the potential-energy su
rface. The final rate expressions are of simple form suitable for dire
ct practical applications. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.