Rotational excitation in molecular collisions: exact (two-state) results versus variational (decoupling) computations

  • R. D. Levine*
  • , M. Shapiro
  • , J. T. Muckerman
  • , B. R. Johnson
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Transition probabilities for rotational excitation are evaluated exactly and compared with the predictions of a variational computation based on a decoupling procedure. The non-monotonic dependence on the asymmetry parameter is studied.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)545-548
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume2
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1968

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