ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Two different formalisms, one based on close-coupling equations and other on the distorted wave approximation, have been applied to the low energy elastic scattering of 4He atoms by a corrugated copper surface, Cu(110). Diffraction intensities and energetic positions and half-widths (selective adsorption resonances) have been obtained and compared with experimental and previous theoretical results, respectively. For this trapping process, and within the close-coupling framework, a plot of the diffraction channels (open and closed) has turned out to be very useful and a good guide in order to know the disposition of them at each interesting angular region. Also, a very accurate method, already employed successfully to treat resonances in the vibrational and/or rotational predissociation of van der Waals molecules, has been found to be also adequate here.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.455839
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