The VIBREAC project is an MSCA postdoctoral fellowship that aims to develop new computational tools based on quasi-classical scattering models and full-dimensional potential energy surface (PES) descriptions to study state-to-state molecular interactions relevant to astrophysics. The new scattering model can handle collisions of polyatomic species with full resolution of their rotational-vibrational (rovibrational) levels, essential for interpreting astronomical observations of complex molecules. The project will be implemented at HUN-REN ATOMKI with new developments in molecular scattering dynamics and potential energy surface calculations. The grantee (Sandor Demes) will conduct several secondments at the University of Szeged (Hungary) to receive training in computational chemistry and PES development and at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) to expand his knowledge of the rovibrational description of molecular scattering.

The total budget is 182,744 EUR, which is granted entirely to the host institute, HUN-REN ATOMKI.