Imaging the onset of the resonance regime in low-energy NO-He collisions

Abstract

At low energies, the quantum wave-like nature of molecular interactions result in unique scattering behavior, ranging from the universal Wigner laws near zero Kelvin to the occurrence of scattering resonances at higher energies. It has proven challenging to experimentally probe the individual waves underlying these phenomena. We report measurements of state-to-state integral and differential cross sections for inelastic NO-He collisions in the 0.2 - 8.5 cm${}^{-1}$ range with 0.02 cm${}^{-1}$ resolution. We study the onset of the resonance regime by probing the lowest-lying resonance dominated by s and p waves only. The highly structured differential cross sections directly reflect the increasing number of contributing waves as the energy is increased. A new NO-He potential calculated at the CCSDT(Q) level was required to reproduce our measurements.

14 pages, 4 figures

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