Classical analysis of collinear light atom transfer reactions

Abstract

A classical direct reaction theory is formulated and shown to account for the recently observed quantal oscillations in the reaction probability of light atom transfer reactions. Quasiperiodic orbits and irregular orbits are found for the systems although the potential energy surfaces used have only saddle points in the interaction region. These orbits imply the existence of a new type of bound species—an adiabatic molecule.