Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993sao..reptr....d&link_type=abstract
Annual Progress Report No. 2, 1 Nov. 1992 - 31 Oct. 1993 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA.
Physics
Atomic Excitations, Comets, Energy Transfer, Hydrogen, Molecular Excitation, Particle Trajectories, Photodissociation, Potential Energy, Quantum Mechanics, Rotational Spectra, Vibrational Spectra, Angular Momentum, Carbon, Centrifugal Force, Extraterrestrial Environments, Fluorescence, Internuclear Properties, Particle Collisions
Scientific paper
Classical trajectory calculations of the cross sections for vibrational and rotational energy exchange in direct and reactive collisions of hydrogen atoms and hydrogen molecules have been carried out. To test the sensitivity, three potential energy surfaces have been used. For the exchange transitions which occur at small internuclear distances, the rate coefficients for the three surfaces agree quite well. For the direct transitions, there are significant differences for the pure rotational transitions from j=0 to 2 and from j=1 to j=3 in which there is no change in vibration. For higher j the differences tend to disappear, suggesting that the rotational angular momentum can couple to the orbital angular momentum to overcome the centrifugal barrier. Complete numerically exact quantum mechanical calculations for the process in which vJ changes have been performed. Dr. M. A'Hearn has provided data on the fluorescent population of the NH rotational and fine-structure levels from which we should be able to predict accurate photodissociation lifetimes. The distribution rate of C2 is being investigated. A review of H3(+) in terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments was prepared for a volume of Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics.
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