Quantum-State Resolved Study of the Ultracold K+KRb Reaction

Authors

J. F.E. Croft, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
C. Makrides, Temple UniversityFollow
M. Li, Temple UniversityFollow
A. Petrov, Temple UniversityFollow
S. Kotochigova, Temple UniversityFollow
B. K. Kendrick, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
Balakrishnan Naduvalath, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing

Volume

875

Issue

9

Abstract

Synopsis We report a numerically exact quantum mechanical treatment of the K+KRb reaction and discuss both universal and statistical aspects of its reaction dynamics. It is shown that the total rate is universal in character - validating the use of universal models in other similar reactions. However, the rotational distribution is shown to be statistical in character - which we argue is due to the chaotic nature of the reaction complex.

Language

english

Repository Citation

Croft, J. F., Makrides, C., Li, M., Petrov, A., Kotochigova, S., Kendrick, B. K., Naduvalath, B. (2017). Quantum-State Resolved Study of the Ultracold K+KRb Reaction. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 875(9), Institute of Physics Publishing.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/875/9/082004