The decoupling of electronic orbital angular momentum from the molecular axis in a 1 S+ 1 P atom-atom collision
1981; IOP Publishing; Volume: 14; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1088/0022-3700/14/9/010
ISSN1747-3721
Autores Tópico(s)Quantum optics and atomic interactions
ResumoThe decoupling of electronic orbital angular momentum from the molecular axis in atom-atom collisions is described as a case of rotational coupling between molecular states of different symmetry. For a system A(1S)+B(1P) with not too large an impact parameter, the corresponding semiclassical equations are solved. Explicit predictions are made about the polarisation of the 1P wavefunction from a typical inelastic collision process, that is a process which proceeds through a single molecular state, Sigma or Pi , at small internuclear distance.
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