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Semiclassical Methods in Molecular Collision Theory

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Dynamics of Molecular Collisions

Part of the book series: Modern Theoretical Chemistry ((MTC,volume 2))

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The connection between classical and quantum mechanics has been of continuing interest since the time of Bohr and de Broglie, and the reader is referred to a number of established texts.(1−3) However, it is only in recent years that this connection has been applied to the solution of molecular scattering problems. The aim is to exploit the relative tractability of the classical equations of motion to obtain quantum mechanically accurate transition probabilities and collision cross sections.

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Child, M.S. (1976). Semiclassical Methods in Molecular Collision Theory. In: Miller, W.H. (eds) Dynamics of Molecular Collisions. Modern Theoretical Chemistry, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0644-4_4

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