Vibrational and rotational excitation in high-energy molecule-surface collisions: Dominance of the rotational mode

R. B. Gerber*, Ron Elber

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Abstract

Classical trajectory calculations for a model of I2 scattering from a surface show that in high-energy collisions the amount of translational energy transferred to rotation greatly exceeds the amount transferred to vibration. The sudden approximation is used to qualitatively interpret the results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)466-470
Number of pages5
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume102
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Dec 1983

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