Atomic and Molecular Interaction Theory.

Abstract

New methods were used in theoretical studies on the dynamical development of final state populations in atom-molecule reactive collisions. Quantitative calculations of the H+H2 exchange reaction showed that information theory predicts rotational distributions far from equilibrium. A new theory of vibration excitation in electron-molecule scattering was devised. Accurate (1%) cross sections for e(-) He scattering below 19 eV were computed variationally. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA072124

Entities

People

  • R. K. Nesbet

Organizations

  • International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Demography
  • Differential Equations
  • Distribution Functions
  • Dynamics
  • Electron Scattering
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Exchange Reactions
  • Molecular Physics
  • Molecules
  • Momentum
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Phase Shift
  • Scattering
  • Three Dimensional
  • Variational Methods

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics