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Quenching transitions for the rovibrational transitions of water: Ortho-HO in collision with ortho- and para-H.

水分子の回転振動緩和:オルソH₂およびパラH₂との衝突による定量的計算

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Abstract

This study presents a complete quantum mechanical calculation of rovibrational quenching of water molecules from the first bending mode (approximately 1595 cm⁻¹) through collisions with both ortho- and para-H₂. The full coupled-channel formalism was applied within the rigid bender approximation, decoupling rotational and vibrational bases of water. Rotational quantum numbers of H₂ up to 4 (para) and 3 (ortho) were included, and rate coefficients were converged over a kinetic temperature range of 50–500 K using a well-validated full-dimensionality water–hydrogen potential energy surface. The projectile's rotational state was found to exert a dominant influence, producing rate differences spanning orders of magnitude across channels. Overall quenching rate coefficients were approximately 10⁻¹³ cm³ s⁻¹, one to three orders of magnitude below purely rotational quenching rates. These values are intended for astrophysical modeling of warm, dense environments such as protostellar and planet-forming regions accessible to infrared space observatories.

Mechanism

Using full coupled-channel quantum dynamics with the rigid bender approximation on a validated potential energy surface, the rotational state of H₂ was shown to drive order-of-magnitude variations in rovibrational quenching rate coefficients of water.

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Authors
Wiesenfeld L
Journal
J Chem Phys
Year
2022 (2022-11-07)
PMID
36347679
DOI
10.1063/5.0102279

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