Abstract
A simple, realistic model is developed to take into account kinematic effects on
laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) measurements in crossed beam reactive scattering
experiments. The conversion factor from nascent populations to measured densities
(which are proportional to the LIF intensity) is calculated for several cases of practical
interest. The density-flux transformation proposed by Zare and coworkers arises from
the model as a limiting case. Results concerning the