Semiclassical Theory of Weak Vibrational Excitation

We discuss a semiclassical theory of vibrational excitation in low-energy collisions for the case that the interaction depends only weakly on vibrational coordinate and the process is strongly forbidden, classically, in the sense of Miller and Marcus. We argue that this may be the interesting case f...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 1972-01, Vol.56 (10), p.4970-4975
Main Authors: Pechukas, Philip, Davis, Jon P.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:We discuss a semiclassical theory of vibrational excitation in low-energy collisions for the case that the interaction depends only weakly on vibrational coordinate and the process is strongly forbidden, classically, in the sense of Miller and Marcus. We argue that this may be the interesting case for purposes of extracting information, from differential cross sections, on the vibrational coordinate dependence of intermolecular potentials.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.1676976