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Rate coefficients for rovibrational transitions in H_2 due to collisions with He

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We present quantum mechanical and quasiclassical trajectory calculations of cross sections for rovibrational transitions in ortho- and para-H_2 induced by collisions with He atoms. Cross sections were obtained for kinetic energies between 10^-4 and 3 eV, and the corresponding rate coefficients were calculated for the temperature range 100<T<4000 K. Comparisons are made with previous calculations.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9904376,
  title  = {Rate coefficients for rovibrational transitions in H_2 due to collisions with He},
  author = {N. Balakrishnan and M. Vieira and J. F. Babb and R. C. Forrey and A. Dalgarno and S. Lepp},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9904376},
  year   = {2007}
}

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21 pages, 2 figures, AAS, epsf