On the physical origin of propensity rules in collisions involving molecules in 2Σ electronic states
On the physical origin of propensity rules in collisions involving molecules in 2Σ electronic states
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2Σ电子态分子碰撞倾向规则的物理起源
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1986
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通讯作者:
G. C. Corey
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M. Alexander;J. Smedley;G. C. Corey
A general quantum treatment of the collision dynamics of 2S+1Σ‐state diatomic molecules is developed, with particular emphasis given to the physical origin of the collisional propensity for conservation of the e/f molecular symmetry label. State‐resolved integral cross sections are expressed as a weighted sum of tensor opacities which are related to the probability that a collision will reorient the nuclear rotational angular momentum vector. Previous derivations of the propensity rules for collisions of 2S+1Σ‐state diatomic molecules were restricted to the sudden or Born approximations. Here a general derivation is developed that is free of dynamical approximations, and that clearly establishes the direct connection between the observed propensity for the conservation of the e/f molecular symmetry and the collisional propensity for the conservation of the orientation of the nuclear rotational angular momentum vector. A power‐law model suggested by previous semiempirical fits to cross sections for 1Σ+‐sta...