State and Alignment Resolved Molecular Dynamics

在这个由实验物理研究所赞助的项目中， 化学系化学课程， 科罗拉多大学将研究如何碰撞的罕见 土原子与惰性气体原子之间的关系取决于取向， 反应物和产物的特定量子态。 这项工作， 包括详细的理论计算， 研究反应碰撞产生双原子 气相中的分子。 其结果将是一个巨大的 增加对空间效应的量子基础的理解 简单的化学反应。 %%% 当分子和原子在化学反应中碰撞时， 形成的产物的反应性和性质取决于 反应物的详细几何排列 碰撞的瞬间。 在这项研究中，Leone教授将使用 并将测量这种取向是如何 转化为反应产物。 这将导致一个巨大的 更好地理解方向如何影响 反应碰撞，从而回答问题， 长期以来一直对化学基础研究感兴趣， 反应.

In this project sponsored by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Prof. Leone of the University of Colorado will study how the collisions of rare earth atoms with inert gas atoms depend on the orientation and specific quantum states of reactants and products. This work, including detailed theoretical calculations, will be extended to studies of reactive collisions which produce diatomic molecules in the gas phase. The result will be a greatly increased understanding of the quantum basis of steric effects on simple chemical reactions. %%% When molecules and atoms collide in chemical reactions, the reactivity and nature of the products formed depend on the detailed geometrical arrangement of incoming reactants at the moment of collision. In this study Prof. Leone will use oriented atoms and will measure how this orientation is transferred to reaction products. This will lead to a greatly improved understanding of precisely how orientation affects reactive collisions, thereby answering questions which have long been of interest in fundamental studies of chemical reactions.