Quantum-mechanical theory of atom-molecule and molecular collisions in a magnetic field: Spin depolarization

被引：126

作者：

Krems, RV

Dalgarno, A

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Harvard MIT Ctr Ultracold Atoms, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, ITAMP, Inst Theoret Atom Mol & Opt Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS | 2004年 / 120卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1636691

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

A theory for quantum-mechanical calculations of cross sections for atom-molecule and molecular collisions in a magnetic field is presented. The formalism is based on the representation of the wave function as an expansion in a fully uncoupled space-fixed basis. The systems considered include S-1-atom-(2)Sigma-molecule, S-1-atom-(3)Sigma-molecule, (2)Sigma-molecule-(2)Sigma-molecule, and (3)Sigma-molecule-(3)Sigma-molecule. The theory is used to elucidate the mechanisms for collisionally induced spin depolarization. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.

引用

页码：2296 / 2307

页数：12

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