Oscillating reactivity in quasiclassical trajectory calculations for the reaction O(3P) + HC1 → OH + Cl

Avigdor Persky, Haya Kornweitz

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Abstract

Strong oscillations in the reactivity as a function of collision energy were found in collinear quasiclassical trajectory calculations for the reaction O(3P)+HCl(v = 0) → OH + Cl. Oscillations were also observed in 3D calculations for HCl(v = 0, J = 0) under the special conditions of near-zero impact parameters b and small and specific values of the azimuthal orientation angle θr, the angle between the molecular axis of HC1 and the initial direction of the relative velocity vector. These oscillations were washed out when θr and b were randomly selected from the appropriate ranges, and were not observed even for the reactive scattering in the angular ranges 170 to 180° and 175 to 180°.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)609-614
Number of pages6
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume127
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Jul 1986
Externally publishedYes

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