Cold molecules, collisions and reactions

N. Balakrishnan, Goulven Quéméner, A. Dalgarno

II. Inelastic atom -molecule collisions 2 A. Vibrational and rotational relaxation 2 1. Collisions at cold and ultracold temperatures 2 2. Shape resonances in molecular collisions 6 3. Feshbach resonances in molecular collisions 6 B. Quasi-resonant transitions 7 C. Atom -molecular ion collisions 8 III.Chemical Reactions at ultracold temperatures 9 A. Tunneling dominated reactions 9 1.Reactions at zero temperature 10 2. Feshbach resonances in reactive scattering 12 B. Barrierless reactions 14 1.Collision systems of three alkali metal atoms 14 2. Role of PES in determining ultracold reactions 16 3.Relaxation of vibrationally excited alkali metal dimers 18 4. Reactions of heteronuclear and isotopically substituted alkali-metal dimer systems 19 IV.Inelastic molecule -molecule collisions 20 A. Molecules in the ground vibrational state 20 B. Vibrationally inelastic transitions 22 V. Summary and outlook 24 References 24 I. A. Vibrational and rotational relaxation 1. Collisions at cold and ultracold temperatures

Marius Lysebo

Edvardas Narevicius

Goulven Quéméner, N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno

This paper summarizes the recent theoretical works on inelastic collisions and chemical reactions at cold and ultracold temperatures involving neutral or ionic systems of atoms and molecules. Tables of zero-temperature rate constants of various molecules are provided.

Goulven Quéméner, N. Balakrishnan, A. Dalgarno

This paper summarizes the recent theoretical works on inelastic collisions and chemical reactions at cold and ultracold temperatures involving neutral or ionic systems of atoms and molecules. Tables of zero-temperature rate constants of various molecules are provided.

Yuval Shagam