A quantum-mechanical study of rotational transitions in H2 induced by H
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
Cross sections have been computed for rotational transitions of H2, induced by collisions with H atoms, using a recent H - H2 potential calculated by Mielke et al. [1]. These results are compared with those obtained with earlier potentials. Significant discrepancies are found with results deriving from the potential of Boothroyd et al. [3] in the low collision energy regime. We compare also cross sections derived using different levels of approximation to the vibrational motion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0605715,
title = {A quantum-mechanical study of rotational transitions in H2 induced by H},
author = {S A Wrathmall and D R Flower},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0605715},
year = {2009}
}
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6 pages, 3 figures