Vibrational Distribution Functions in Anharmonic Oscillators
Abstract
A model has been developed to calculate the steady state vibrational distribution of an anharmonic oscillator under conditions of thermal nonequilibrium. The model includes vibration-vibration and vibration- translation collisional processes as well as radiative decay. Numerical calculations are shown to be in reasonably good agreement with experimental data obtained in electrically excited N2-CO mixing systems. It is shown that radiative decay may be the dominant loss mechanism in low pressure N2-CO experiments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0736412
Entities
People
- G. E. Caledonia
- R. E. Center