Studies of Relative Rotations for Sodium Cluster Collisions
- Received Date: 2002-04-10
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 2003-03-05
Abstract: Using distance dependent tight-binding molecular dynamics model (DDTB MD), the relative rotation processes in the sodium cluster collisions have been studied at the different incident energies and different impact parameters. It shows that for a given energy, there is a critical impact parameter. Under this impact parameter, the rotational energy increases rapidly with the increasing of the impact parameter, while above this parameter, the rotational energy decreases when increasing impact parameters. At lower energy, the relaxation time of the relative rotation is longer than that at higher energies.