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Nonadiabatic effects in the interaction of atomic hydrogen with a lithium metal cluster

J. Vojtík and J. Fišer

J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, CS-182 23 Prague

Abstract: The effect of change of the adsorption site position on mutual arrangement and nonadiabatic coupling between the two lowest singlet potential energy surfaces of the Li₉(4,1,4)-H system is studied for a normal approach of hydrogen to the cluster surface. The potentials and nonadiabatic coupling elements are obtained using the diatomics-in-molecules method. The changes in the extent of nonadiabatic behaviour of the system caused by changes of the position of the adsorption site are predicted to be quite pronounced.

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Chemical Papers 44 (6) 815–824 (1990)