15min:
CLASSICAL STUDY OF ENERGY FLOW IN HEI2.

R. C. MAYRHOFER, R. J. KOVACICH, Department of Physical Science, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530.

The classical dynamics of energy flow within T-shaped HeI2 is studied by numerically integrating the appropriate equations of motion. From this two dimensional study, a relationship is developed between the exchange of energy in the van der Waal degree of freedom and the initial phase of I2. The breakdown in phase space is also examined by constructing Poincarè surface of section plots for various initial conditions. We show that these plots can also be generated from a perturbative formalism using the Morse oscillator as our zero order picture.