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Product recoil data from F + CH4 --> HF(v,J) + CH3 reactive scattering are
obtained using crossed supersonic jets and narrow band (Deltav approximate
to 0.0001 cm (1)) infrared radiation laser direct absorption techniques. Th
e high-resolution infrared radiation profiles of HF(v, J) product exhibit e
xtensive Doppler broadening that directly reflects quantum state-resolved t
ranslational distributions in the laboratory frame under single collision c
onditions. Analyses of Doppler profiles yield information on state-resolved
differential cross sections into the HF(v = 1) and HF(v = 2) vibrational m
anifolds, which both identify a propensity for forward/backward scattering
(/cos(theta)/approximate to 1) over side scattering (/cos(theta)/ approxima
te to 0) in the center-of-mass frame. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Scienc
e B.V.