Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the production of rotational and vibrational
transitions in molecular encounters. Vibrational transitions are infrequent in most diatomic …

The rate of vibrational excitation in rapidly heated CO has been determined for the
temperature range 1100°—2500° K by observation of infrared emission behind incident …

The usual calculations of vibrational energy exchange in a diatomic gas make use of first-
order perturbation theory and are therefore limited to low transition probabilities. In actual …

Theoretical studies on the rotational and the vibrational transitions in molecular collisions
are reviewed, with emphasis on the author's own work. Discussions in this article are mainly …

The kinetics of the homogeneous exchange reaction in molecular nitrogen highly diluted in
argon was studied in a single‐pulse shock tube over a wide range of temperatures, initial …

The diagonal matrix elements of the interaction potential which enter into the quantum
theory of vibrational energy transfer generally have been assumed to be identical …

Ion—molecule reactions producing NeH+ in a Ne–H2 mixture subjected to electron
bombardment in the ion source of a mass spectrometer have been studied. Ionization …

The production in the atmosphere of vibrationally excited molecules in the ground electronic
states by collisional processes is discussed and it is estimated that the corresponding yield …

The excitation energy of O (¹D) is a potentially significant heating source in the region 60–
150 km. Some of the O (¹D) energy is thermalized directly by collisional deactivation, some …

Using the method of laser fluorescence, inelastic collisions with rare gas atoms of
electronically excited 7 Li 2 molecules in the υ= 2 and 4 levels were studied. Vibrational …