Ebook: Nonequilibrium Vibrational Kinetics
- Tags: Atomic Molecular Optical and Plasma Physics
- Series: Topics in Current Physics 39
- Year: 1986
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book is devoted to the systematic treatment of nonequi 1 ibrium vibrational kinetics in molecular systems. Particular emphasis is given to the vibrational excitation of diatomic molecules by low-energy electrons in a discharge and by IR photons in laser-pumped systems. The book follows the different steps of the introduction, redistribution, loss, and chemical conversion of the vibrational quanta, from the points of view of the overall kinetics and the dynamics of elementary processes. These two aspects are balanced in a multidisciplinary approach. The different chapters give the basic instruments (theoretical and experimental) which are needed to understand the ki netics of nonequilibrium systems. The book will introduce the reader to different areas such as plasmachemistry, laser chemistry, IR and Raman spectroscopy, and relaxation phenomena, emphasizing how the vibrational energy affects such research fields. The chapters dedicated to collisional dynamics involving vibrational excited molecules provide an introduc tion to the modern techniques uti 1 ized in the scattering theory of inelastic and reactive collisions. The extension of the vibrational kinetics to polyatomic mole cules, discussed in Chap. 10, is the natural bridge between coll ision and coll i sionless regimes. In conclusion, we hope that the approach followed in this book will stimulate the collaboration of researchers coming from different research fields, which are too often completely separate.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Vibrational Kinetics, Dissociation, and Ionization of Diatomic Molecules Under Nonequilibrium Conditions....Pages 5-46
Analytical Theory of Vibrational Kinetics of Anharmonic Oscillators....Pages 47-84
Vibration-Vibration and Vibration-Translation Energy Transfer, Including Multiquantum Transitions in Atom-Diatom and Diatom-Diatom Collisions....Pages 85-112
Vibrational Energy Transfer in Collisions Involving Free Radicals....Pages 113-157
Dynamics of Reactions Involving Vibrationally Excited Molecules....Pages 159-190
Vibrational Excitation and Dissociative Attachment....Pages 191-232
Vibrational Distribution and Rate Constants for Vibrational Energy Transfer....Pages 233-269
Isotope Separation by Vibration-Vibration Pumping....Pages 271-293
Vibrational Kinetics and Reactions of Polyatomic Molecules in Nonequilibrium Systems....Pages 295-314
Coupling of Vibrational and Electronic Energy Distributions in Discharge and Post-Discharge Conditions....Pages 315-337
Back Matter....Pages 339-349
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Vibrational Kinetics, Dissociation, and Ionization of Diatomic Molecules Under Nonequilibrium Conditions....Pages 5-46
Analytical Theory of Vibrational Kinetics of Anharmonic Oscillators....Pages 47-84
Vibration-Vibration and Vibration-Translation Energy Transfer, Including Multiquantum Transitions in Atom-Diatom and Diatom-Diatom Collisions....Pages 85-112
Vibrational Energy Transfer in Collisions Involving Free Radicals....Pages 113-157
Dynamics of Reactions Involving Vibrationally Excited Molecules....Pages 159-190
Vibrational Excitation and Dissociative Attachment....Pages 191-232
Vibrational Distribution and Rate Constants for Vibrational Energy Transfer....Pages 233-269
Isotope Separation by Vibration-Vibration Pumping....Pages 271-293
Vibrational Kinetics and Reactions of Polyatomic Molecules in Nonequilibrium Systems....Pages 295-314
Coupling of Vibrational and Electronic Energy Distributions in Discharge and Post-Discharge Conditions....Pages 315-337
Back Matter....Pages 339-349
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