FIXED-NUCLEI APPROXIMATION AS APPLIED TO ROTATIONAL EXCITATION OF MOLECULES BY ATOMS

被引:8
作者
BERGERON, G [1 ]
LEFORESTIER, C [1 ]
LAUNAY, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] OBSERV PARIS,DAPHE,CNRS,RECH GRP 24,F-92190 MEUDON,FRANCE
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D O I
10.1016/0009-2614(78)85631-0
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The applicability of the fixed-nuclei approximation to the rotational excitation of a diatomic molecule by an atom is investigated. The approximation is shown to predict accurate quantum cross sections for the model system H2 + N2 at thermal collision energies. A quasi-classical Monte-Carlo study of the same problem is also performed, and the success of the fixed-nuclei approximation is interpreted by investigating in detail a number of coplanar classical trajectories. © 1978.
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