title: Thermal Rate Coefficients for the Astrochemical Process C + CH+→ C2++ H by Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics.
abstract: Thermal rate coefficients for the astrochemical reaction C + CH+→ C2++ H were computed in the temperature range 20-300 K by using novel rate theory based on ring polymer molecular dynamics (RPMD) on a recently published bond-order based potential energy surface and compared with previous Langevin capture model (LCM) and quasi-classical trajectory (QCT) calculations. Results show that there is a significant discrepancy between the RPMD rate coefficients and the previous theoretical results that can lead to overestimation of the rate coefficients for the title reaction by several orders of magnitude at very low temperatures. We argue that this can be attributed to a very challenging energy profile along the reaction coordinate for the title reaction, not taken into account in extenso by either the LCM or QCT approximation. In the absence of any rigorous quantum mechanical or experimental results, the computed RPMD rate coefficients represent state-of-the-art estimates to be included in astrochemical databases and kinetic networks.
authors.affiliation: Scuola Normale Superiore , Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italia.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8525-7777
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rampino
authors.affiliation: Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center, Cyprus Institute , 20 Kavafi Street, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus.|Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: Yury V
authors.initials: YV
authors.lastname: Suleimanov