Stereodynamic control of cold rotationally inelastic CO + HD collisions
Pablo G. Jambrina, James F. E. Croft, N. Balakrishnan, F. J. Aoiz
Abstract
= 2 partial wave resonances depending on the final rotational levels of the two molecules. Polarized cross sections resolved into magnetic sub-levels of the initial and final rotational quantum numbers of the two molecules also reveal a significant stereodynamic effect in the cold energy regime. Overall, the stereodynamic effect is controlled by both geometric and dynamical factors, with parity conservation playing an important role in modulating these contributions depending on the particular final state.
Topics & Concepts
QuantumInelastic collisionAtomic physicsAdiabatic processChemistryCollisionQuantum dynamicsPhysicsInelastic scatteringQuantum numberScatteringQuantum mechanicsComputer scienceElectronComputer securityCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesSpectroscopy and Laser ApplicationsStrong Light-Matter Interactions