State-Resolved Differential Cross Sections for the Reaction of Fluorine Atoms with Hydrogen Molecules

在化学学部物理化学专业的这个项目中，俄克拉荷马大学的M. Keil和G. Parker将进行一项理论-实验联合研究，研究氩原子和氟化氢分子之间的非反应性散射以及氟原子与氢分子的基本反应中发生的旋转能量转移动力学。主要目标是测量产生HF的反应的旋转分辨态到态的横截面。确定具有特定受激旋转振动状态的原子-分子对的微分散射截面是一项新的、困难的工作。这项研究有望提供有关化学反应动力学的重要信息。

In this project of the Physical Chemistry program in the Chemistry Division, Profs. M. Keil and G. Parker of the University of Oklahoma will undertake a joint theoretical-experimental investigation of the dynamics of the rotational energy transfer occurring in the non-reactive scattering between argon atoms and hydrogen fluoride molecules, as well as in the fundamental reaction of fluorine atoms with molecular hydrogen. The principal goal is to measure the rotationally resolved state-to-state cross sections for reactions that produce HF. Determining the differential scattering cross sections for atom-molecule pairs, with molecules in specific excited rotation-vibration states is a new and difficult undertaking. This research promises to produce important information on the dynamics of chemical reactions.