Abstract
A theory of collision-induced vibrational transitions in polyatomic molecules is presented in which the effects of molecular rotation are included. Translations are treated classically and the molecule itself is considered as classical top with internal degrees of freedom, i.e., normal mode vibrations, treated quantum mechanically. The theory is successfully applied to interpret the behavior of the vibrational relaxation rates of methyl halides upon the mass of the collision partner.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 281-287 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 1978 |