Measurements of state-to-state rotational energy transfer rates in N2: Critical comparison with statistical and sudden fitting laws

Abstract

This paper presents a comparison of directly measured rotational energy transfer rates in N2 (v=1) with predictions of several common models. Reasonable agreement is found with the modified exponential gap law; better agreement is found using the sudden approximation if experimental values of J=0 to J=J’ rates are used. (AIP)