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PyQCAMS: Python Quasi-Classical Atom-Molecule Scattering

Computational Physics 2023-04-07 v1 Chemical Physics

Abstract

We present Python Quasi-classical atom-molecule scattering (PyQCAMS), a new Python package for atom-molecule scattering within the quasi-classical trajectory approach. The input consists of mass, collision energy, impact parameter, and pair-wise interactions to choose between Buckingham, generalized Lennard-Jones, and Morse potentials. As the output, the code provides the vibrational quenching, dissociation, and reactive cross sections along with the rovibrational energy distribution of the reaction products. Furthermore, we treat H2_2 + Ca \rightarrow CaH + H reactions as a prototypical example to illustrate the properties and performance of the software. Finally, we study the parallelization performance of the code by looking into the time per trajectory as a function of the number of CPUs used.

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@article{arxiv.2304.02731,
  title  = {PyQCAMS: Python Quasi-Classical Atom-Molecule Scattering},
  author = {Rian Koots and Jesús Pérez-Ríos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.02731},
  year   = {2023}
}
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