Measurements of state-to-state rotational energy transfer rates in N sub 2 : Critical comparison with statistical and sudden fitting laws

Conference · Sat Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:5756019

Sitz, G O ^[1]; Farrow, R L ^[2]

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1. Physics Department, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (USA)
2. Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA (USA)

This paper presents a comparison of directly measured rotational energy transfer rates in N{sub 2} ({ital v}=1) with predictions of several common models. Reasonable agreement is found with the modified exponential gap law; better agreement is found using the sudden approximation if experimental values of J=0 to J=J' rates are used. (AIP)

• OSTI ID: 5756019
• Report Number(s): CONF-9006278--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 216:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640302* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
COLLISIONS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITED STATES
MOLECULE COLLISIONS
MOLECULE-MOLECULE COLLISIONS
NITROGEN
NONMETALS
ROTATIONAL STATES
SUDDEN APPROXIMATION