A time dependent wave packet approach to three‐dimensional gas–surface scattering

A time dependent wave packet approach to gas–surface scattering is presented. This semiclassical method is based on Gaussian wave functions whose average positions and momenta are those of classical trajectories. The initial states are represented as superpositions of Gaussian wave packets. These wave packets are propagated individually and after the collision, the scattering information is extracted by projecting them onto the final states in a coherent way, according to the initial expansion coefficients. The powerful new approach allows the treatment of surface imperfections as well as the inclusion of more degrees of freedom of the surface or the gas particle. The accuracy of the present semiclassical method is tested by a comparison with exact quantal calculations for He–LiF diffractive scattering and in most cases excellent agreement is found. In addition, the wave packet approach is used to calculate diffraction probabilities at high energies and to examine the interference structure of the scatter...

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