Theory for the nonadiabatic multichannel fragmentation of the Na3+ cluster ion following collision with a He atom

A general theoretical procedure is developed that treats the fragmentation of a polyatomic cluster ion following excitation by a fast rare gas atom. The process involves multiple electronic states of the cluster ion that are described by the diatomics-in-molecule (DIM) procedure. The interaction of...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of chemical physics 2000-04, Vol.112 (16), p.7032-7041
Hauptverfasser: Babikov, D., Gislason, E. A., Sizun, M., Aguillon, F., Sidis, V.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A general theoretical procedure is developed that treats the fragmentation of a polyatomic cluster ion following excitation by a fast rare gas atom. The process involves multiple electronic states of the cluster ion that are described by the diatomics-in-molecule (DIM) procedure. The interaction of the cluster ion with the rare gas atom is obtained by extending the DIM model and by including three-center interactions. The atom-cluster collision is treated using the semiclassical path procedure and the sudden approximation for the cluster. Finally, the fragmentation is studied using the trajectory surface hopping procedure. The method is applied to the Na3+–He system, which can fragment into three product channels. For each channel doubly differential cross sections are computed and compared with the available experimental data. The calculations give much insight into the fragmentation process of Na3+.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.481301