Franck-Condon Factors for Various Air Species

Abstract

In the process of calculating opacities which are needed as input data for radiation transport problems, the absorption cross sections for various species has to be known. One factor in the cross section is the vibrational transition probability, called the Franck-Condon factor (FCF). This report presents input data needed to calculate these from Rydberg-Klein potentials as well as tables of Franck-Condon factors for species of atmospheric interest.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0881993

Entities

People

  • John I. Generosa
  • Louis R. Sullo
  • Richard A. Harris

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Cross Sections
  • Air Force
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Coefficients
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Diatomic Molecules
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Dissociation
  • Electronic States
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Molecules
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Schrodinger Equation
  • Wave Functions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Regression Analysis.