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ITFITS model for vibration--translation energy partitioning in atom-- polyatomic molecule collisions

Journal Article · · J. Chem. Phys., v. 59, no. 5, pp. 2483-2489
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1680361· OSTI ID:4315812
A model for vibration-translation energy partitioning in the collinear collision of an atom and an axially symmetric polyatonaic molecule is proposed. The model is based on an extension of the ideas of Mahan and Heidrich, Wilson, and Rapp. Comparison of energy transfers computed from classical trajesctory calculations and the model proposed indicate good agreement when the mass of the free atom is small relative to the mass of the bound atom it strikes. The agreement is less satisfactory when that mass ratio becomes large. (auth)
Research Organization:
Department of Chemistry and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-29-022395
OSTI ID:
4315812
Journal Information:
J. Chem. Phys., v. 59, no. 5, pp. 2483-2489, Journal Name: J. Chem. Phys., v. 59, no. 5, pp. 2483-2489; ISSN JCPSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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