title: Mode-specific energy disposal in the four-atom reaction OH + D2 --> HOD + D.
abstract: Experiments, employing crossed molecular beams, with vibrational state resolution have been performed on the simplest four-atom reaction, OH + D2 --> HOD + D. In good agreement with the most recent quantum scattering predictions, mode-specific reaction dynamics is observed, with vibration in the newly formed oxygen-deuterium bond preferentially excited to v = 2. This demonstrates that quantum theoretical calculations, which in the past decade have achieved remarkable accuracy for three-atom reactions involving three dimensions, have progressed to the point where it is now possible to accurately predict energy disposal in four-atom reactions involving six dimensions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Strazisar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Davis