Trajectory Simulations
Shown below are some results of various
classical trajectory simulations of a gas molecule scattering from a solid
surface. The first two frames show the initial conditions with the diatomic
molecule above the surface. The third and fourth frames show the temporal
history of the height of the two atoms in the molecule. The conditions for
the trajectory, incident energy of the gas molecule and surface
temperature, are shown on the top of each frame. The gas molecule is
nitrogen and the surface is Cu(110).
MPEG movies of these (and other) trajectories are available on request.
(They are a bit big for online viewing). Email:
gositz@physics.utexas.edu
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