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Calculation of Cl2 vibrational distributions after vibrational predissociation of He2-Cl2
1Instituto de Matemáticas y Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain. graciavela@imaff.cfmac.csic.es
Abstract:
An approximate model is tested in order to obtain the vibrational distributions of the Cl2 fragment produced after He2-Cl2(B) predissociation, when the dynamics is simulated by a full-dimensional wave-packet method. The model is intended to overcome the limitations imposed to a rigorous calculation of the vibrational distributions by the use of a finite grid size and absorbing boundary conditions. The good agreement found between the present results and the available experimental data indicates that the model is able to provide realistic estimates for the product vibrational distributions.
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