title: Spin-orbit effect in the energy pooling reaction O2(a 1Delta)+O2(a 1Delta)-->O2(b 1Sigma)+O2(X 3Sigma).
abstract: Five-dimensional nonadiabatic quantum dynamics studies have been carried out on two new potential energy surfaces of S(2)((1)A(')) and T(7)((3)A(")) states for the title oxygen molecules collision with coplanar configurations, along with the spin-orbit coupling between them. The ab initio calculations are based on complete active state second-order perturbation theory with the 6-31+G(d) basis set. The calculated spin-orbit induced transition probability as a function of collision energy is found to be very small for this energy pooling reaction. The rate constant obtained from a uniform J-shifting approach is compared with the existing theoretical and experimental data, and the spin-orbit effect is also discussed in this electronic energy-transfer process.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
authors.forename: Rui-Feng
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Pei-Yu
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tian-Shu
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Ting-Xian
authors.initials: TX
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Ke-Li
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Han