Chemical pathways in ultracold reactions of SrF molecules
Atomic Physics
2015-05-27 v1 Chemical Physics
Abstract
We present a theoretical investigation of the chemical reaction SrF + SrF products, focusing on reactions at ultralow temperatures. We find that bond swapping, SrF + SrF Sr + F, is energetically forbidden at these temperatures. Rather, the only energetically allowed reaction is SrF + SrF SrF + Sr, and even then only singlet states of the SrF trimer can form. A calculation along a reduced reaction path demonstrates that this abstraction reaction is barrierless, and proceeds by one SrF molecule "handing off" a fluorine atom to the other molecule.
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@article{arxiv.1101.4671,
title = {Chemical pathways in ultracold reactions of SrF molecules},
author = {Edmund R. Meyer and John L. Bohn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.4671},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Two column format, 7 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to PRA