DISTORTED WAVE BORN SERIES FOR ROTATIONAL INELASTIC SCATTERING.

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Abstract:

The distorted wave Born series is applied to the problem of rotational inelastic scattering of an atom by a diatomic molecule. The formulation is made in the total angular momentum representation, and for the special but important case of an exponential interaction a simple second-order expression for the degeneracy averaged cross section is derived. Numerical results for two intermolecular potentials compare favorably with exact and DW results do not vanish near threshold, 2 show the applicability of the method to molecules heavier than H2, 3 provide a method of assessing the relative order of contributions from various internal states, 4 provide a method of estimating higher order terms in the DWB series. The application of the second-order DWB series to problems with different forms of potentials of interaction requires only a single numerical integration. Author

Author(s):
Roberts, R. E. ; Ross, John
Author Organization(s):
PURDUE UNIV LAFAYETTE IND PROJECT SQUID HEADQUARTERS
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Supplementary Note:
Prepared in cooperation with Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge.
Pagination:
0032

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
SQUID-TR-MIT-53-PU
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-67-A-0226-0005
Project Number(s):
NR-098-038
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
(*DIATOMIC MOLECULES, SCATTERING), ROTATION, ATOMS, WAVE FUNCTIONS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Physical Chemistry
Keyword(s):
ROTATIONAL ENERGY LEVELS, *SCATTERING CROSS SECTIONS, SQUID PROJECT
Report Date:
1970 Jan 01