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Semiclassical Theories of Molecular Scattering

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  • © 1984

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Authors:
  1. Byung Chan Eu

    1. Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics (CHEMICAL, volume 26)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-3

  3. Mathematical Preparation and Rules of Tracing

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    Pages 4-16

  4. Scattering Theory of Atoms and Molecules

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    Pages 17-30

  5. Elastic Scattering

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    Pages 31-51

  6. Inelastic Scattering: Coupled-State Approach

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    Pages 52-79

  7. Inelastic Scattering: Time-Dependent Approach

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    Pages 80-100

  8. Curve-Crossing Problems. I

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    Pages 101-134

  9. Curve-Crossing Problems. II: Multistate Models

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    Pages 135-144

  10. Curve-Crossing Problems. III: Predissociations

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    Pages 145-164

  11. A Multisurface Scattering Theory

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    Pages 165-178

  12. Scattering off an Ellipsoidal Particle: The WKB Approximation

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    Pages 179-206

  13. Concluding Remarks

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    Pages 207-209

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 210-232
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The study of molecular collisions at energies from less than about 100 eV 3 down to a few 10- eV, which is roughly the range of chemical interest, has greatly expanded in the last 10 to 20 years. As in many fields, this activity has been stimulated by parallel advances in theory which have triggered the autocatalytic positive feedback system of experiment challenging theory and vice versa. Possibly the biggest driving force, however, has been the growing awareness that molecular collisions are important in our understanding of na­ tural and man-made environments. Molecular collision dynamics is now studied in connection with molecular formation in interplanetary space, upper atmo­ sphere chemistry, plasmas, lasers and fusion reactors, and is crucial for understanding gas-dynamic flow processes, gas-phase chemical reactions and catalysis. Despite the great strides made in studying elementary collisions in laboratory scattering experiments, many of the processes in these areas are too complicated for us to hope ever to study them in detail in the labo­ ratory. Thus in the long run we shall have to rely on theory. Initially, I think many of us, like myself, had hoped that the development of fast compu­ ters would outpace the demands on computing time so that "brute force" quan­ tum-mechanical exact calculations would provide all the answers. Unfortunate­ ly this has not been the case and efficient approximations are needed. They can be broadly classified as classical, semiclassical or semiquantal.

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  • Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Byung Chan Eu

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