Superscars in the LiNC=LiCN isomerization reaction

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the presence of superscarring in the LiNC-LiCN isomerization reaction, caused by bifurcations in the system's dynamics, with potential implications for wave function localization.

Contribution

It reveals superscarring phenomena in a realistic molecular reaction, linking bifurcations to wave function localization at experimentally accessible energies.

Findings

Superscarring occurs in the LiNC-LiCN isomerization.

Superscarring is linked to saddle--node bifurcations.

Potential impact on wave function localization.

Abstract

We demonstrate the existence of superscarring in the LiNC=LiCN isomerization reaction described by a realistic potential interaction in the range of readily attainable experimental energies. This phenomenon arises as the effect of two periodic orbits appearing "out of the blue"in a saddle--node bifurcation taking place in the dynamics of the system. Potential practical consequences of this superlocalization in the corresponding wave functions are also considered.