Quasi-classical rate constants for the inelastic process O2(vi >>1) + O2 => O2(vf) + O2

JOSÉ CAMPOS MARTÍNEZ; ESTELA CARMONA-NOVILLO; JULIÁN ECHAVE; MARTA I HERNÁNDEZ; JULIANA PALMA

MOLECULAR PHYSICS

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Año: 2000 vol. 98 p. 1729 - 1735

0026-8976

Rate constants have been calculated using quasi-classical trajectories (QCT) for the vibrational relaxation of highly excited O2 : O2(vi) + O2->O2(vf)+O2, with 224vi428. The present full-dimensional QCT results agree very well with recent quantum reduced dimensionality calculations, giving further support to the hypothesis that the observed experimental jump in depletion rates would be due partially to enhanced vibrational relaxation.