Quasiclassical trajectory and quantum-mechanical scattering calculations are reported for the O((3)P) + H(2)(X (1)Sigma(g) (+);upsilon = 1-3,j = 0)-->OH(X (2)Pi) + H((2)S) reaction at energies close to the reaction threshold. The dynamics of the reaction have been investigated for zero total angular momentum using the lowest (3)A" potential-energy surface developed by Rogers et al. [J. Phys. Chem. A 104, 2308 (2000)] and its recent extensions by Brandao et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 121, 8861 (2004)] which provide an improved description of the van der Waals interaction. Good agreement is observed for this system between quasiclassical and quantal results for incident kinetic energies above the tunneling regime. Quantum-mechanical calculations also confirm recent theoretical predictions of a strong collision-energy dependence of the OH(v(') = 0)OH(v' = 1) product branching ratio in the O((3)P) + H(2)(v = 1) reaction, which explains the differences observed in OH vibrational populations between experiments using different O((3)P) sources.
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J Chem Phys
January 2025
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Theory and Mechanism, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China.
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Institute of Modern Physics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Theoretical Physics Frontiers, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China.
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