Molecular collisions. XVII. Formal theory of rotational and vibrational excitation in collisions of polyatomic molecules

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Abstract
The theory of collisions of two rotating, vibrating polyatomic molecules is treated quantum mechanically. Four scattering cross sections are expressed in terms of a quantity S, which is related to the usual scattering matrix by a unitary transformation. The quantity S is determined by a symmetrical set of coupled differential equations.