Cold collisions involving rotationally hot oxygen molecules

K. Tilford; M. Hoster; P. M. Florian; R. C. Forrey

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.69.052705

Cold collisions involving rotationally hot oxygen molecules

K. Tilford, M. Hoster, P. M. Florian, R. C. Forrey

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The cold and ultracold collisions involving rotationally hot oxygen molecules were investigated using quantum-mechanical, coupled-channel, and effective-potential scattering formulations. The quenching rate coefficients were given for initial rotational levels near the dissociation threshold. All possible states of rotationally hot oxygen were quenched very rapidly during a collision with a buffer gas helium atom. It is found that the quenching efficiency is always dominated by pure rotational transitions.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	052705
Pages (from-to)	052705-1-052705-7
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	69
Issue number	5 B
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.052705
State	Published - May 2004

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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