Coriolis Shifts in Elastic Scattering Potentials

Abstract
Nonadiabatic effects (Coriolis shifts) have been studied in the 2Σu+ and 2Σg+ states of H2+, for elastic scattering at high relative kinetic energies. This study was made to explore the effects in a simplest prototype system; conclusions are also qualitatively applicable to the He2 system, for which earlier and incomplete studies were made by W. R. Thorson. The phenomenon is relevant to the existing large discrepancy between adiabatic theoretical calculations and the results of high‐energy scattering experiments determining the interaction potential in He2. The results of the study are useful in a study of the scattering proper in the H2+ system.

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