title: Multiquantum vibrational excitation of NO scattered from Au(111): quantitative comparison of benchmark data to ab initio theories of nonadiabatic molecule-surface interactions.
abstract: Surface phenomena: measurements of absolute probabilities are reported for the vibrational excitation of NO(v=0→1,2) molecules scattered from a Au(111) surface. These measurements were quantitatively compared to calculations based on ab initio theoretical approaches to electronically nonadiabatic molecule-surface interactions. Good agreement was found between theory and experiment (see picture; T(s) =surface temperature, P=excitation probability, and E=incidence energy of translation).
authors.affiliation: Institute for Physical Chemistry, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Christof
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authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.forename: Alexander
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authors.lastname: Kandratsenka
authors.forename: Igor
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authors.lastname: Rahinov
authors.forename: Neil
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authors.lastname: Shenvi
authors.forename: Kai
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authors.lastname: Golibrzuch
authors.forename: Zhisheng
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Auerbach
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tully
authors.forename: Alec M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wodtke