Collisional energy transfer in polyatomic molecules: A study of anharmonicity effects in Kr+CO/sub 2/

Journal Article · Sat Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 1979 · J. Chem. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.438336· OSTI ID:5754998

Schatz, G C; Mulloney, T

The importance of anharmonicity in determining the rates of collisional energy transfer in Kr+CO/sub 2/ is studied by combining the usual classical trajectory method with an accurate characterization of the semiclassical stationary ''states'' of the CO/sub 2/ molecules (i.e., the ''good'' action variables) before and after each collision. A linear model of the collision dynamics is assumed, which means that only energy transfer involving the symmetric and asymmetric stretch modes of CO/sub 2/ is described. Most of our studies focus upon analyzing the average changes in symmetric and asymmetric stretch good actions, and the average T..-->..V energy transfer.One can summarize these results by the statement that diagonal anharmonicity effects dominate in the high collision energy impulsive limit while off diagonal anharmonicities control energy transfer at low collision energies. We also examine the dependence of collisional energy transfer in Kr+CO/sub 2/ on the level of sophistication of the anharmonic force field, with the conclusion that (at least for the low vibrational states of CO/sub 2/), a quartic force field is necessary but apparently also sufficient to quantitatively describe the collision dynamics. In addition, the effect of initially exciting CO/sub 2/ to the states (N/sub 1/00) with N/sub 1/=0,1,2,3,8, and 16 is investigated with the conclusion that anharmonic coupling becomes increasingly important as the amount of vibrational excitation is increased, with its effect on T..-->..V energy transfer generally much smaller than that on V..-->..V transfer.

• Research Organization: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201
• OSTI ID: 5754998
• Journal Information: J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 71:12
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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