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Lauren A Garofalo1, Mica C Smith1, Paul J Dagdigian2
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Abstract:
The dynamics of the O((1)D) + Xe electronic quenching reaction was investigated in a crossed beam experiment at four collision energies. Marked large-scale oscillations in the differential cross sections were observed for the inelastic scattering products, O((3)P) and Xe. The shape and relative phases of the oscillatory structure depend strongly on collision energy. Comparison of the experimental results with time-independent scattering calculations shows qualitatively that this behavior is caused by Stueckelberg interferences, for which the quantum phases of the multiple reaction pathways accessible during electronic quenching constructively and destructively interfere.
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