H{sub 2} dissociation due to collisions with He
- Department of Physics, Penn State University, Berks Campus, Reading, Pennsylvania 19610-6009 (United States)
Cross sections for dissociation of H{sub 2} due to collision with He are calculated for highly excited rovibrational states using the quantum-mechanical coupled-states approximation. An L{sup 2} Sturmian basis set with multiple length scales is used to provide a discrete representation of the H{sub 2} continuum which includes orbiting resonances and a nonresonant background. Cross sections are given over a range of translational energies for both resonant and nonresonant dissociation together with the most important bound-state transitions for many different initial states. The results demonstrate that it is possible to compute converged quantum-mechanical cross sections using basis sets of modest size. It is found that collision-induced dissociation competes with inelastic scattering as a depopulation mechanism for the highly excited states. The relevance of the present calculations to astrophysical models is discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 21020732
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 76, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.042712; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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