Quantum Collisions: Hydrogen and Noble Gases Show Quantum Effects
Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin have used simulations to demonstrate how hydrogen molecules behave when they collide with noble gas atoms such as helium or neon. The study includes theoretical calculations as well as data collected in experiments with atoms and molecules conducted at TU Dortmund University and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. The team was able to show that collisions change the way the molecules vibrate and rotate under the laws of quantum mechanics. The quantum effect observed here is known as a Feshbach resonance.