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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
An efficient method is presented for rigorous quantum calculations of atom-molecule and molecule-molecule collisions in a magnetic field. The method is based on the expansion of the wave function of the collision complex in basis functions with well-defined total angular momentum in the body-fixed coordinate frame. We outline the general theory of the method for collisions of diatomic molecules in the (2)? and (3)? electronic states with structureless atoms and with unlike (2)? and (3)? molecules. The cross sections for elastic scattering and Zeeman relaxation in low-temperature collisions of CaH((2)?(+)) and NH((3)?(-)) molecules with (3)He atoms converge quickly with respect to the number of total angular momentum states included in the basis set, leading to a dramatic (>10-fold) enhancement in computational efficiency compared to the previously used methods [A. Volpi and J. L. Bohn, Phys. Rev. A 65, 052712 (2002); R. V. Krems and A. Dalgarno, J. Chem. Phys. 120, 2296 (2004)]. Our approach is thus well suited for theoretical studies of strongly anisotropic molecular collisions in the presence of external electromagnetic fields.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1089-7690
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
133
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
184104
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantum theory of molecular collisions in a magnetic field: efficient calculations based on the total angular momentum representation.
pubmed:affiliation
Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. tshcherb@cfa.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.