Collisional Energy Transfer in Highly Vibrationally Excited Molecules.
Abstract
Combining the techniques of direct excitation of overtone vibrations and time resolved spectroscopic detection permits detailed measurements of the vibrational and rotational relaxation of highly vibrationally excited molecules. Using this technique, we have measured vibrational and rotational relaxation in HF(v=3,4,5,). By observing near-infrared fluorescence, we determine the self-relaxation probabilities for HF(v=3,4,5) to be 0.19, 0.47, and 0.97, respectively, and find that the rates decrease more rapidly with temperature in these high levels than for v=1. Using laser double resonance to probe individual rotational states, we find phenomenological rotational relaxation rate constants which decrease montonically with rotational energy change in the vibrationally excited molecule. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA096083
Entities
People
- F. Fleming Crim