Towards Quantitative Reaction Dynamics of O3

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Main Authors: Martin-Barrios, Raidel, Vijayakumar, Abhirami, Wang, Jingchun, Meuwly, Markus
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Published: 2026
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author Martin-Barrios, Raidel
Vijayakumar, Abhirami
Wang, Jingchun
Meuwly, Markus
author_facet Martin-Barrios, Raidel
Vijayakumar, Abhirami
Wang, Jingchun
Meuwly, Markus
contents The reaction dynamics of O(3P) + O2(3Sigma_g-) collisions in the O3(1A') electronic ground state is characterized on a high-level MRCI+Q/aug-cc-pVQZ potential energy surface represented as a reproducing kernel. For the atom exchange reactions involving the ^{16}O and ^{18}O isotopes as the atomic collision partner, associated with rates k6(T) and k8(T), respectively, a negative temperature-dependence of k(T), consistent with experiments was found. The absolute rates typically underestimate measured rates by 50 percent, depending on the experiment considered. For the ratio R(T) = k8(T)/k6(T), the measured T-dependence was found, including a cusp at lower temperatures. The differences between experiments and computations are primarily due to neglect of quantum effects, primarily zero-point effects. For the atomization reaction, leading to 3O(3P), the rates is lower by approximately one order of magnitude compared with experiments, which is a clear improvement over simulations using previous potential energy surfaces computed with smaller basis sets. Non-adiabatic effects are deemed minor for the atom exchange reactions.
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spellingShingle Towards Quantitative Reaction Dynamics of O3
Martin-Barrios, Raidel
Vijayakumar, Abhirami
Wang, Jingchun
Meuwly, Markus
Chemical Physics
The reaction dynamics of O(3P) + O2(3Sigma_g-) collisions in the O3(1A') electronic ground state is characterized on a high-level MRCI+Q/aug-cc-pVQZ potential energy surface represented as a reproducing kernel. For the atom exchange reactions involving the ^{16}O and ^{18}O isotopes as the atomic collision partner, associated with rates k6(T) and k8(T), respectively, a negative temperature-dependence of k(T), consistent with experiments was found. The absolute rates typically underestimate measured rates by 50 percent, depending on the experiment considered. For the ratio R(T) = k8(T)/k6(T), the measured T-dependence was found, including a cusp at lower temperatures. The differences between experiments and computations are primarily due to neglect of quantum effects, primarily zero-point effects. For the atomization reaction, leading to 3O(3P), the rates is lower by approximately one order of magnitude compared with experiments, which is a clear improvement over simulations using previous potential energy surfaces computed with smaller basis sets. Non-adiabatic effects are deemed minor for the atom exchange reactions.
title Towards Quantitative Reaction Dynamics of O3
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.10546