Nonequilibrium Vibrational Kinetics:
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Other Authors: Capitelli, Mario (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1986
Series:Topics in Current Physics 39
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:This book is devoted to the systematic treatment of nonequilibrium 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 kinetics 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 introduction to the modern techniques utilized in the scattering theory of inelastic and reactive collisions. The extension of the vibrational kinetics to polyatomic molecules, discussed in Chap. 10, is the natural bridge between coll ision and collisionless 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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 344 p.) 7 illus
ISBN:9783642486159
9783642486173
ISSN:0342-6793
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-48615-9

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