Kinetic energy deposited into a nanodroplet, cluster, or molecule in a sticking collision with background gas

In processes when particles such as nanodroplets, clusters, or molecules move through a dilute background gas and undergo capture collisions, it is often important to know how much translational kinetic energy is deposited into the particles by these pick-up events. For sticking collisions with a Ma...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics 2020-11, Vol.153 (19), p.196101-196101
Main Authors: Liang, Jiahao, Kresin, Vitaly V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collisions
Kinetic energy
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Summary:In processes when particles such as nanodroplets, clusters, or molecules move through a dilute background gas and undergo capture collisions, it is often important to know how much translational kinetic energy is deposited into the particles by these pick-up events. For sticking collisions with a Maxwell–Boltzmann gas, an exact expression is derived, which is valid for arbitrary relative magnitudes of the particle and thermal gas speeds.
ISSN:0021-9606
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/5.0031865