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Angular momentum coupling in atom-atom collisions

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Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters

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The coupling between the electronic angular momentum and the rotating atom-atom axis in the initial or the final phase of an atom-atom collision is discussed, making use of the concepts of radial and rotational (Coriolis) coupling between different molecular states. The description is based on a limited number of well-understood approximations, and it allows an illustrative geometric representation of the transition from the body fixed to the space fixed motion of the electrons.

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Grosser, J. Angular momentum coupling in atom-atom collisions. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 3, 39–58 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01442346

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