The influence of vibration on rotational cross sections in H-2 and HD

Authors
Flower, DR Roueff, E
Citation
Dr. Flower et E. Roueff, The influence of vibration on rotational cross sections in H-2 and HD, J PHYS B, 32(7), 1999, pp. L171-L175
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
09534075 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
L171 - L175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-4075(19990414)32:7<L171:TIOVOR>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We have investigated vibrational effects on the cross sections for rotation al transitions within the vibrational ground states of H-2 and HD, induced by collisions with H atoms. We find that the shift of the mean intramolecul ar distance from the position of the potential minimum is significant in th e case of H scattering on H-2, where the interaction potential is only very weakly anisotropic at low collision energies.