Abstract
A functional form for the distribution of reaction or dissociation products final energies which explicitly allows for interference effects is derived and applied. The derivation is based on the maximal entropy distribution of the scattering amplitudes subject to time domain constraints. As the relevant time scales become shorter, the quantal interference pattern inherently averages out. In the short time limit, the distribution reduces to the exponential form of surprisal analysis which is based on imposing constraints on the probabilities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 503-510 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
| Volume | 225 |
| Issue number | 4-6 |
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| State | Published - 5 Aug 1994 |