Abstract
The dynamics of the O( 1 D)+ N 2O → NO+ NO reaction has been studied using the quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) method on three different triatomic LEPS (London–Eyring–Polanyi–Sato) potential energy surfaces (PES) model. The NO present in the target N 2O molecule has been treated as an atom of 30.0 a.m.u. On the basis of the experimental vibrational distributions and QCT results it is suggested that the NO( v′=16, 17)+NO( v′=0) state-specific reaction channel is not majoritary. However, is about this channel that most of the reaction dynamics information is available. A quite good description of the dynamics of this specific channel has been obtained. We have also shown that for a very exoergic reaction without a strong kinematic constraint, like the one under consideration, the j′= α l angular momenta correlation, with α being a constant, can occur if the PES has no barrier or a negligible one along the minimum energy path and is highly isotropic.
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