Quantum Langevin model for exoergic ion-molecule reactions and inelastic processes

2011/05/08 by Bo Gao · 3 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Information and Cryptography #physics.atom-ph #physics.chem-ph #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.83.062712

published as Physical Review A 83, 062712 (2011) · 5 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2011/05/08 · openalex publication_date 2011/06/23 · arxiv updated 2011/06/28 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We present a fully quantal version of the Langevin model for the total rate of exoergic ion-molecule reactions or inelastic processes. The model, which is derived from a rigorous multichannel quantum-defect formulation of bimolecular processes, agrees with the classical Langevin model at sufficiently high temperatures. It also gives an analytic description of ion-molecule reactions and inelastic processes in the ultracold regime where the quantum nature of the relative motion between the reactants becomes important.

Citations

• Calculations of static dipole polarizabilities of alkali dimers: Prospects for alignment of ultracold molecules
• Universal Properties in Ultracold Ion-Atom Interactions
• Analytic description of atomic interaction at ultracold temperatures: The case of a single channel

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