A classical trajectory study of T-V energy transfer of a highly vibrationally excited Morse oscillator in collinear collision with an atom. II. Excitation and dissociation processes

Abstract

For pt.I see ibid., vol.11, no.18, p.3145 (1978). A classical trajectory analysis for T to V excitation and CID processes of highly vibrationally excited Morse diatomics in Cinfinity collisions with atoms, assuming a pure repulsive exponential interaction, is presented. Phase-averaged energy transfer and CID probabilities have been obtained for a wide range of mass distributions and initial energies. Effects of vibrational inhibition/enhancement and 'double' impacts on CID probabilities are investigated. Some analytical results for the hard-sphere limit are also presented.