Vibrational Energy Exchange in Quantum and Classical Mechanics
- 15 May 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 40 (10), 2813-2818
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1724911
Abstract
The probability of vibrational energy exchange in a molecular collision can be calculated using (1) a wave‐mechanical treatment using the method of ``distorted waves,'' (2) a semiclassical time‐dependent perturbation procedure in which the perturbation energy is obtained as a function of time from the classical collision trajectory, and (3) a purely classical calculation of the energy transferred to a classical vibrator. These methods are reviewed, related, and compared.Keywords
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