Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticity

Quantum mechanical (QM) and quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) calculations have been carried out for the exchange reactions of D and Mu (Mu = muonium) with hydrogen molecules in their ground and first vibrational states. In all the cases considered, the QM rate coefficients, k(T), are in very good agr...

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Autores: Jambrina, P.G., García, Ernesto, Herrero, Víctor J., Sáez Rábanos, Vicente, Aoiz, F. Javier
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Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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spelling Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticityJambrina, P.G.García, ErnestoHerrero, Víctor J.Sáez Rábanos, VicenteAoiz, F. JavierQuantum mechanical (QM) and quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) calculations have been carried out for the exchange reactions of D and Mu (Mu = muonium) with hydrogen molecules in their ground and first vibrational states. In all the cases considered, the QM rate coefficients, k(T), are in very good agreement with the available experimental results. In particular, QM calculations on the most accurate potential energy surfaces (PESs) predict a rate coefficient for the Mu + H 2 (ν = 1) reaction which is very close to the preliminary estimate of its experimental value at 300 K. In contrast to the D + H 2 (ν = 0,1) and the Mu + H 2 (ν = 0) reactions, the QCT calculations for Mu + H 2 (ν = 1) predict a much smaller k(T) than that obtained with the accurate QM method. This behaviour is indicative of tunneling. The QM reaction probabilities and total reactive cross sections show that the total energy thresholds for the reactions of Mu with H 2 in ν = 0 and ν = 1 are very similar, whereas for the corresponding reaction with D the ν = 0 total energy threshold is about 0.3 eV lower than that for ν = 1. The results just mentioned can be explained by considering the vibrational adiabatic potentials along the minimum energy path. The threshold for the reaction of Mu with H 2 in both ν = 0 and ν = 1 states is the same and is given by the height of the ground vibrational adiabatic collinear potential, whereas for the D + H 2 reaction the adiabaticity is preserved and the threshold for the reaction in ν = 1 is very close to the height of the ν = 1 adiabatic collinear barrier. For Mu + H 2 (ν = 1) the reaction takes place by crossing from the ν = 1 to the ν = 0 adiabat, since the exit channel leading to MuH (ν = 1) is not energetically accessible. At the lowest possible energies, the non-adiabatic vibrational crossing implies a strong tunneling effect through the ν = 1 adiabatic barrier. Absence of tunneling in the classical calculations results in a threshold that coincides with the height of the ν = 1 adiabatic barrier. Most interestingly, the expected tunneling effect in the reaction of Mu with hydrogen molecules occurs for H 2 (ν = 1) but not for H 2 (ν = 0) where zero-point-energy effects clearly dominate. © Royal Society of ChemistrySupport of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (grants CTQ2008-02578/BQU, FIS2010-16455, and CSD2009- 00038). The research was conducted within the Unidad Asociada Química Física Molecular between the UCM and the CSIC of Spain.Peer ReviewedRoyal Society of Chemistry (UK)2013201320122013info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/74426reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/744262026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticity
title Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticity
spellingShingle Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticity
Jambrina, P.G.
title_short Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticity
title_full Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticity
title_fullStr Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticity
title_full_unstemmed Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticity
title_sort Dynamics of the reactions of muonium and deuterium atoms with vibrationally excited hydrogen molecules: Tunneling and vibrational adiabaticity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Jambrina, P.G.
García, Ernesto
Herrero, Víctor J.
Sáez Rábanos, Vicente
Aoiz, F. Javier
author Jambrina, P.G.
author_facet Jambrina, P.G.
García, Ernesto
Herrero, Víctor J.
Sáez Rábanos, Vicente
Aoiz, F. Javier
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author2 García, Ernesto
Herrero, Víctor J.
Sáez Rábanos, Vicente
Aoiz, F. Javier
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author
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description Quantum mechanical (QM) and quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) calculations have been carried out for the exchange reactions of D and Mu (Mu = muonium) with hydrogen molecules in their ground and first vibrational states. In all the cases considered, the QM rate coefficients, k(T), are in very good agreement with the available experimental results. In particular, QM calculations on the most accurate potential energy surfaces (PESs) predict a rate coefficient for the Mu + H 2 (ν = 1) reaction which is very close to the preliminary estimate of its experimental value at 300 K. In contrast to the D + H 2 (ν = 0,1) and the Mu + H 2 (ν = 0) reactions, the QCT calculations for Mu + H 2 (ν = 1) predict a much smaller k(T) than that obtained with the accurate QM method. This behaviour is indicative of tunneling. The QM reaction probabilities and total reactive cross sections show that the total energy thresholds for the reactions of Mu with H 2 in ν = 0 and ν = 1 are very similar, whereas for the corresponding reaction with D the ν = 0 total energy threshold is about 0.3 eV lower than that for ν = 1. The results just mentioned can be explained by considering the vibrational adiabatic potentials along the minimum energy path. The threshold for the reaction of Mu with H 2 in both ν = 0 and ν = 1 states is the same and is given by the height of the ground vibrational adiabatic collinear potential, whereas for the D + H 2 reaction the adiabaticity is preserved and the threshold for the reaction in ν = 1 is very close to the height of the ν = 1 adiabatic collinear barrier. For Mu + H 2 (ν = 1) the reaction takes place by crossing from the ν = 1 to the ν = 0 adiabat, since the exit channel leading to MuH (ν = 1) is not energetically accessible. At the lowest possible energies, the non-adiabatic vibrational crossing implies a strong tunneling effect through the ν = 1 adiabatic barrier. Absence of tunneling in the classical calculations results in a threshold that coincides with the height of the ν = 1 adiabatic barrier. Most interestingly, the expected tunneling effect in the reaction of Mu with hydrogen molecules occurs for H 2 (ν = 1) but not for H 2 (ν = 0) where zero-point-energy effects clearly dominate. © Royal Society of Chemistry
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