The rotational excitation of CO by H2
- 25 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- Vol. 34 (13) , 2731-2738
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/34/13/315
Abstract
Cross sections and rate coefficients have been calculated for the rotational excitation of CO by ground state ortho- and para-H2. The quantum-mechanical-coupled-channels method was used, without significant approximations other than the finite size of the basis sets. For collisions with ortho-H2, rotational levels of CO j≤20 were included, and j≤29 for collisions with para-H2. Comparison is made with recent calculations by Mengel et al (2001 Can. J. Phys. at press).Keywords
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