Published October 1, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

HD scattering from Pt(111): Rotational excitation probabilities

  • 1. The James Franck Institute and The Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

Description

We measured the rotationally inelastic diffractive scattering probabilities for an HD beam colliding with a smooth Pt(111) surface. These large T → R inelastic probabilities were measured as a function of incidence angle for a 110 meV beam energy. The results are in excellent agreement with a simple physical model of an eccentrically weighted sphere colliding with a hard wall, with an attractive well depth of 55 +- 10 meV. The numerical ''GR'' method of Garcia and co-workers was found superior to an eikonal method in solving this rotational quantum boundary value problem

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Journal Title
J. Chem. Phys.
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
7
Series
J. Chem. Phys.
Journal Page Range
3537-3549
ISSN
0021-9606