TY - JOUR
T1 - Dissociation dynamics in high-energy molecule-surface collisions
T2 - The dissociation rainbow effect
AU - Elber, Ron
AU - Gerber, R. B.
PY - 1983/5/6
Y1 - 1983/5/6
N2 - Molecular dissociation in collisions with chemically inert surfaces is studied by classical trajectories. Calculated scattering intensities show striking features. For softly repulsive molecule-surface interactions, fragment angular distribution has a strong non-specular peak (new rainbow effect), the velocity distribution exhibits two maxima. Multiple-collision mechanisms conveniently interpret the results.
AB - Molecular dissociation in collisions with chemically inert surfaces is studied by classical trajectories. Calculated scattering intensities show striking features. For softly repulsive molecule-surface interactions, fragment angular distribution has a strong non-specular peak (new rainbow effect), the velocity distribution exhibits two maxima. Multiple-collision mechanisms conveniently interpret the results.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=48749149813&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0009-2614(83)87172-3
DO - 10.1016/0009-2614(83)87172-3
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AN - SCOPUS:48749149813
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 97
SP - 4
EP - 8
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 1
ER -