A Theoretical Study of the Energetics and Dynamics of High Energy Inelastic Collision Processes.
Abstract
The overall objective of this research program was to develop theoretical methods for improving the prediction of potential energy surfaces relevant to high energy inelastic collision processes. A diatomics-in-molecules approximation for constructing potential energy surfaces of excited electronic states of the prototypical triatomic hydrogen system was developed. A new approximation method was devised to estimate cross sections for inelastic or reactive collision processes from a rotating rigid rod model. These semiempirical approaches were complimented by a comprehensive statistical theory for vector properties of collisions, including all angular distributions describing the orientations of the initial and final relative velocity vectors and/or the reactant and product rotational angular momentum vectors. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 07, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA142799
Entities
People
- D. R. Herschback
Organizations
- Harvard University