The collision dynamics of the NO+Ne system is investigated in a molecular beam scattering experiment at a collision energy of 1055 cm(-1). Employing resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization of NO, we measured state-resolved integral and differential cross sections for the excitation to various levels of both spin-orbit manifolds. The dependence of the scattered intensity on the laser polarizat...

The SiH(4)+H-->SiH(3)+H(2) reaction has been investigated by the quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) method on a recent global ab initio potential energy surface [M. Wang et al., J. Chem. Phys. 124, 234311 (2006)]. The integral cross section as a function of collision energy and thermal rate coefficient for the temperature range of 300-1600 K have been obtained. At the collision energy of 9.41 kcal...

The empirical valence bond (EVB) method [J. Chem. Phys. 52, 1262 (1970)] has always embodied charge transfer processes. The mechanism of that behavior is examined here and recast for use as a new empirical potential energy surface for large-scale simulations. A two-state model is explored. The main features of the model are: (1) explicit decomposition of the total system electron density is inv...