TY - JOUR
T1 - Inelastic scattering of NO(2Π) with atomic and molecular colliders. Rotational and fine-structure excitations
AU - Bieler, C. R.
AU - Sanov, A.
AU - Reisler, H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Millard Alexander for fruitful discussions. The research is supported by DOE grant No. DE-FG03-88ER13959.
PY - 1995/3/24
Y1 - 1995/3/24
N2 - The inelastic collisions of NO (Trot ≤ 5 K) with Ar, Xe, CO, N2, O2, N2O and CO2 were studied in molecular beams at center-of-mass collision energies 750-2500 cm-1. Rotational, Λ-doublet and spin-orbit distributions of scattered NO(2Π 1 2 3 2) were determined. In all the scattering experiments (with the possible exception of Ar) no preferences wer observed in the Λ-doublet populations. The rotational distributions all appear Boltzmann-like, with somewhat different rotational temperatures. The populations of the 2Π 1 2 and 2Π 3 2 spin-orbit states depend on the nature of the collider, but do not show any clear relationship with the extent of rotational excitation. No evidence of long-range attractive interactions is revealed in any of the systems studied.
AB - The inelastic collisions of NO (Trot ≤ 5 K) with Ar, Xe, CO, N2, O2, N2O and CO2 were studied in molecular beams at center-of-mass collision energies 750-2500 cm-1. Rotational, Λ-doublet and spin-orbit distributions of scattered NO(2Π 1 2 3 2) were determined. In all the scattering experiments (with the possible exception of Ar) no preferences wer observed in the Λ-doublet populations. The rotational distributions all appear Boltzmann-like, with somewhat different rotational temperatures. The populations of the 2Π 1 2 and 2Π 3 2 spin-orbit states depend on the nature of the collider, but do not show any clear relationship with the extent of rotational excitation. No evidence of long-range attractive interactions is revealed in any of the systems studied.
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U2 - 10.1016/0009-2614(95)00118-N
DO - 10.1016/0009-2614(95)00118-N
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000694954
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 235
SP - 175
EP - 182
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 3-4
ER -