THE ROLE OF SYMMETRY IN COLLISIONS OF N2 WITH N2+

被引:13
作者
SOHLBERG, K [1 ]
FUTRELL, J [1 ]
SZALEWICZ, K [1 ]
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[1] UNIV DELAWARE, DEPT CHEM & BIOCHEM, NEWARK, DE 19716 USA
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10.1063/1.460278
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Classical trajectory methods have been used to explore the excitation of vibrations in gas-phase collisions of the nitrogen molecular ion with its parent molecule. The near symmetry of the reactants is shown to result in a high probability that the two molecules are excited by an equal amount of energy. This provides a possible explanation of the molecular beam measurements that show that the total number of vibrational energy quanta excited in the collision is, with a high probability, even.
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