Angular momentum limitation in vibrationally inelastic collisions of I/sub 2/(B /sup 3/Pi) with He and Xe

Journal Article · Tue Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1983 · J. Chem. Phys.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5541371

Dexheimer, S L; Brunner, T A; Pritchard, D E

We present measurements of thermally averaged level-to-level rate constants for vibrationally and rotationally inelastic collisions of I/sub 2/(B /sup 3/Pi) with Xe and He:I*/sub 2/(v/sub x/ = 13, j/sub i/ = 41 or 91) ..-->.. I*/sub 2/(v/sub f/ = 12, j/sub f/). Comparison of these results with our previous work on the same systems for rotationally inelastic collisions with no vibrational inelasticity reveals a similarity in the collision dynamics for the vibrationally inelastic and vibrationally elastic processes. (AIP)

• Research Organization: Research Laboratory of Electronics and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• OSTI ID: 5541371
• Journal Information: J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Chem. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 79:10; ISSN JCPSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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640304* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Collision Phenomena
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
ATOM COLLISIONS
ATOM-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
COLLISIONS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITED STATES
FLUIDS
GASES
HALOGENS
HELIUM
IODINE
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
NONMETALS
RARE GASES
ROTATIONAL STATES
VIBRATIONAL STATES
XENON