General mathematical formulation of scattering processes in atom-diatomic collisions in the RmatReact methodology

Accurately modelling cold and ultracold reactive collisions occurring over deep potential wells, such as [Formula: see text], requires the development of new theoretical and computational methodologies. One potentially useful framework is the R-matrix method adopted widely for electron-molecule coll...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences Jg. 377; H. 2154; S. 20180409
Hauptverfasser: McKemmish, Laura K, Tennyson, Jonathan
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: England 23.09.2019
Schlagworte:
ultracold collisions
R-matrix
resonances
quantum scattering
ISSN:1471-2962, 1471-2962
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Zusammenfassung:Accurately modelling cold and ultracold reactive collisions occurring over deep potential wells, such as [Formula: see text], requires the development of new theoretical and computational methodologies. One potentially useful framework is the R-matrix method adopted widely for electron-molecule collisions which has more recently been applied to non-reactive heavy-particle collisions such as Ar-Ar. The existing treatment of non-reactive elastic and inelastic scattering needs to be substantially extended to enable modelling of reactive collisions: this is the subject of this paper. Herein, we develop the general mathematical formulation for non-reactive elastic and inelastic scattering, photoassociation, photodissociation, charge exchange and reactive scattering using the R-matrix method. Of particular note is that the inner region, of central importance to calculable R-matrix methodologies, must be finite in all scattering coordinates rather than a single scattering coordinate as for non-reactive scattering. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Advances in hydrogen molecular ions: H , H and beyond'.
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DOI:10.1098/rsta.2018.0409