On Nascent Angular-Momentum Distributions in Complex-Forming Bimolecular Reactions

摘要

A detailed modelling of a complex-forming bimolecular reaction requires the knowledge of the nascent energy and angular-momentum distribution of the intermediate complex. A method is presented to calculated the distri- bution of the orbital angular momenta as a result of reactive collisions in a radial potential. For the case of ther- mal collisions, analytical solutions are obtained. Reaction of photochemically generated species are also con- sidered. The method is applied to the reaction of CH_4 with O~+_2 and O(~1D), respectively.