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Reactive Scattering Cross Sections II: Approximate Quantal Treatments

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Atom - Molecule Collision Theory

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In this chapter approximate quantal methods for predicting reaction probabilities and cross sections will be discussed. Emphasis is placed upon practical methods which employ quantum dynamics for the reactive scattering of neutral, electronically adiabatic A + BC three-dimensional collisions. Some of the terminology and techniques used in this chapter will be considered in somewhat more detail in Chapter 17, where “accurate” methods for atom-diatom reactions are discussed.

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Wyatt, R.E. (1979). Reactive Scattering Cross Sections II: Approximate Quantal Treatments. In: Bernstein, R.B. (eds) Atom - Molecule Collision Theory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2913-8_15

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