Issue 26, 2024

Stereodynamical control of cold HD + D2 collisions

Abstract

We report full-dimensional quantum calculations of stereodynamic control of HD(v = 1, j = 2) + D2 collisions that has been probed experimentally by Perreault et al. using the Stark-induced adiabatic Raman passage (SARP) technique. Computations were performed on two highly accurate full-dimensional H4 potential energy surfaces. It is found that for both potential surfaces, rotational quenching of HD from Image ID:d4cp01737d-t1.gif with concurrent rotational excitation of D2 from Image ID:d4cp01737d-t2.gif is the dominant transition with cross sections four times larger than that of elastically scattered D2Image ID:d4cp01737d-t3.gif for the same quenching transition in HD. This process was not considered in the original analysis of the SARP experiments that probed ΔjHD = −2 transitions in HD(vHD = 1, jHD = 2) + D2 collisions. Cross sections are characterized by an l = 3 resonance for ortho-D2(jD2 = 0) collisions, while both l = 1 and l = 3 resonances are observed for the para-D2(jD2 = 1) partner. While our results are in excellent agreement with prior measurements of elastic and inelastic differential cross sections, the agreement is less satisfactory with the SARP experiments, in particular for the Image ID:d4cp01737d-t4.gif transition for which the theoretical calculations indicate that D2 rotational excitation channel is the dominant inelastic process.

Graphical abstract: Stereodynamical control of cold HD + D2 collisions

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Apr 2024
Accepted
27 May 2024
First published
24 Jun 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 18368-18381

Stereodynamical control of cold HD + D2 collisions

B. Mandal, J. F. E. Croft, P. G. Jambrina, H. Guo, F. J. Aoiz and N. Balakrishnan, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 18368 DOI: 10.1039/D4CP01737D

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