title: Quantum state-resolved differential cross sections for complex-forming chemical reactions: Asymmetry is the rule, symmetry the exception.
abstract: We argue that statistical theories are generally unable to accurately predict state-resolved differential cross sections for triatomic bimolecular reactions studied in beam experiments, even in the idealized limit where the dynamics are fully chaotic. The basic reason is that quenching of interferences between partial waves is less efficient than intuitively expected, especially around the poles.
authors.affiliation: ISM, UMR 5255, CNRS, F-33400 Talence, France.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Larrégaray
authors.affiliation: ISM, UMR 5255, CNRS, F-33400 Talence, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonnet