Quantum Scattering Calculations for Ro-Vibrational De-Excitation of CO by Hydrogen Atoms
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-28-2015
Publication Title
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume
142
Issue
20
First page number:
204303
Abstract
We present quantum-mechanical scattering calculations for ro-vibrational relaxation of carbon monoxide (CO) in collision with hydrogen atoms. Collisional cross sections of CO ro-vibrational transitions from v = 1, j = 0 − 30 to v′ = 0, j′ are calculated using the close coupling method for collision energies between 0.1 and 15 000 cm−1 based on the three-dimensional potential energy surface of Song et al. [J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 7571 (2013)]. Cross sections of transitions from v = 1, j ≥ 3 to v′ = 0, j′ are reported for the first time at this level of theory. Also calculations by the more approximate coupled states and infinite order sudden (IOS) methods are performed in order to test the applicability of these methods to H–CO ro-vibrational inelastic scattering. Vibrational de-excitation rate coefficients of CO (v = 1) are presented for the temperature range from 100 K to 3000 K and are compared with the available experimental and theoretical data. All of these results and additional rate coefficients reported in a forthcoming paper are important for including the effects of H–CO collisions in astrophysical models.
Repository Citation
Song, L.,
Naduvalath, B.,
Avoird, A. v.,
Karman, T.,
Groenenboom, G. C.
(2015).
Quantum Scattering Calculations for Ro-Vibrational De-Excitation of CO by Hydrogen Atoms.
The Journal of Chemical Physics, 142(20),
204303.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4921520