Energy transfer in high-energy atom-oscillator collisions
- Luis Gottdiener,
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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Publication Information
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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review
Original language
EnglishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 4207-4211 (5 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
The Journal of Chemical Physics (Volume 70, Issue 9)Publication milestones
- Published - 01/01/1979
Publication status
Published - 01/01/1979
ISSN
0021-9606Publication IDs
- Scopus: 28844452714
Abstract
An expression for the energy transfer is derived for the classical one-dimensional collision of an atom with an excited harmonic oscillator with an exponential interaction. The formula does not predict independence of the average energy transfer with respect to initial oscillator excitation and approaches the correct limiting expression for high energies. Comparison is made with exact numerical results and with an existing formula.