title: Is the simplest chemical reaction really so simple?
abstract: Modern computational methods have become so powerful for predicting the outcome for the H + H2 → H2 + H bimolecular exchange reaction that it might seem further experiments are not needed. Nevertheless, experiments have led the way to cause theorists to look more deeply into this simplest of all chemical reactions. The findings are less simple.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5080.
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jankunas
authors.forename: Mahima
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sneha
authors.forename: Richard N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Zare
authors.forename: Foudhil
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bouakline
authors.forename: Stuart C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Althorpe
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herráez-Aguilar
authors.forename: F Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Aoiz
mesh_terms: D002621:Chemistry / Q000379:methods*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003903:Deuterium / Q000737:chemistry; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014732:Vibration
chemical_list: D006859:Hydrogen; D003903:Deuterium
keywords: differential cross-sections; reaction dynamics