High-resolution emission spectroscopy of CO2 collisionally excited by N2. Rotational distribution

✍ Scribed by S.P. Venkateshan; S.V. Ryali; J.B. Fenn

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 169 KB
• Volume: 92
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(82)83658-0

✦ Synopsis

We obtained, for the first time, high-resolution rotational distribution of CO2 collisionally excited by N2. The rotational distribution is non-Boltzmann, and the initial results suggest that surprisingly large impact parameter collisions contribute substantially to the collisional excitation, even though small impact parameter collisions are more effective, as expected.