Mass effects and channel coupling sensitivity in vibrational energy transfer

Thomas G. Kreutz, Larry Eno, Herschel Rabitz

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Abstract

This paper examines the mass dependences of vibrationally inelastic integral state-to-state cross sections for the helium-hydrogenic scattering system. The cross sections are calculated within the coupled states-exponential distorted wave (CS-EDW) approximation, and are analyzed along with the conceptually simpler distorted wave (CS-DW) cross sections. Quantitative links between the EDW and DW results are made by means of component (or channel coupling) sensitivity coefficients, which measure the sensitivity of a given EDW cross section to the potential matrix elements coupling any two states.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1711-1719
Number of pages9
JournalThe Journal of chemical physics
Volume90
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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