Intermolecular electron energy transfer processes in the collisions of N2(A3Σu+, v=0–10) with CO and N2 molecules

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2015.11.032
• Publication Date: 2015-12-02T03:46:28Z
• Authors: A.S. Kirillov
• Keywords: Metastability

Abstract The removal rates of metastable molecular nitrogen N 2 (A 3 Σ u + , v = 0–10) in the collisions with the ground state CO(X 1 Σ + , v = 0–3) and N 2 (X 1 Σ g + , v = 0–3) molecules are calculated according to analytical expressions. The study includes a consideration of intermolecular electron energy transfers with the electronic excitation of target molecules. Reasonable agreement of the calculated rate coefficients with data of experimental measurements is obtained.