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 Title: EFFICIENT SUPER ENERGY TRANSFER COLLISIONS THROUGH REACTIVE-COMPLEX FORMATION: H + SO2 Author(s): Smith, Jonathan M. Contributor(s): Dai, HAI-LUNG; Ma, Jianqiang; Wilhelm, Michael J. Subject(s): Dynamics/Kinetics/Ultrafast Abstract: Translational-to-vibrational energy transfer (ET) from a hyperthermal H atom to ambient SO$_{2}$ was characterized using time-resolved Fourier transform infrared emission spectroscopy. Vibrational excitation of SO$_{2}$, following collisions with H atoms containing 59 kcal/mol of kinetic energy, generated from the 193 nm photolysis of HBr, is detected in two distinct energy distributions: one with excitation predominantly at the fundamental vibrational levels is attributable to classical impulsive collisions, while the other, accounting for 80% of the excited SO$_{2}$ with vibrational energy as high as 14,000 wn, is proposed to arise from the formation of a transient reactive-complex during the collision. The cross-section for this super ET collision is determined to be 0.53$pm$0.05 AA$^{2}$, or roughly 2% of all hard sphere collisions. This observation reveals that in collisions between a hyperthermal atom and an ambient molecule, for which a reactive-complex exists on the potential energy surface, a large quantity of translational energy can be transferred to the molecule with high efficiency. Issue Date: 23-Jun-15 Publisher: International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy Citation Info: ACS Genre: CONFERENCE PAPER/PRESENTATION Type: Text Language: English URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/79400 Date Available in IDEALS: 2016-01-05
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