Theoretical Simulations of Reactive and Nonreactive Scattering of Light Diatomic Molecules from Metal Surfaces: Past, Present, and Future

Figure 3

Schematic representation of the (a) elastic scattering mechanism; (b) rotational excitation mechanism; (c) vibrational excitation mechanism; and (d) diffraction mechanism.

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