Nonequilibrium Vibrational Kinetics

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Introduction

   • M. Capitelli

   Pages 1-4

3. Vibrational Kinetics, Dissociation, and Ionization of Diatomic Molecules Under Nonequilibrium Conditions

   • M. Cacciatore, M. Capitelli, S. De Benedictis, M. Dilonardo, C. Gorse

   Pages 5-46

4. Analytical Theory of Vibrational Kinetics of Anharmonic Oscillators

   • B. F. Gordiets, S. Zhdanok

   Pages 47-84

5. Vibration-Vibration and Vibration-Translation Energy Transfer, Including Multiquantum Transitions in Atom-Diatom and Diatom-Diatom Collisions

   • G. D. Billing

   Pages 85-112

6. Vibrational Energy Transfer in Collisions Involving Free Radicals

   • I. W. M. Smith

   Pages 113-157

7. Dynamics of Reactions Involving Vibrationally Excited Molecules

   • V. Aquilanti, A. Laganà

   Pages 159-190

8. Vibrational Excitation and Dissociative Attachment

   • J. M. Wadehra

   Pages 191-232

9. Vibrational Distribution and Rate Constants for Vibrational Energy Transfer

   • Ph. Bréchignac, J.-P. E. Taran

   Pages 233-269

10. Isotope Separation by Vibration-Vibration Pumping

    • J. W. Rich, R. C. Bergman

    Pages 271-293

11. Vibrational Kinetics and Reactions of Polyatomic Molecules in Nonequilibrium Systems

    • V. D. Rusanov, A. A. Fridman, G. V. Sholin

    Pages 295-314

12. Coupling of Vibrational and Electronic Energy Distributions in Discharge and Post-Discharge Conditions

    • M. Capitelli, C. Gorse, A. Ricard

    Pages 315-337

13. Back Matter

    Pages 339-349

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This book is devoted to the systematic treatment of nonequi 1 ibrium vibrational kinetics in molecular systems. Particular emphasis is given to the vibrational excitation of diatomic molecules by low-energy electrons in a discharge and by IR photons in laser-pumped systems. The book follows the different steps of the introduction, redistribution, loss, and chemical conversion of the vibrational quanta, from the points of view of the overall kinetics and the dynamics of elementary processes. These two aspects are balanced in a multidisciplinary approach. The different chapters give the basic instruments (theoretical and experimental) which are needed to understand the ki­ netics of nonequilibrium systems. The book will introduce the reader to different areas such as plasmachemistry, laser chemistry, IR and Raman spectroscopy, and relaxation phenomena, emphasizing how the vibrational energy affects such research fields. The chapters dedicated to collisional dynamics involving vibrational excited molecules provide an introduc­ tion to the modern techniques uti 1 ized in the scattering theory of inelastic and reactive collisions. The extension of the vibrational kinetics to polyatomic mole­ cules, discussed in Chap. 10, is the natural bridge between coll ision and coll i­ sionless regimes. In conclusion, we hope that the approach followed in this book will stimulate the collaboration of researchers coming from different research fields, which are too often completely separate.

• Cross section
• collision
• diatomic molecule
• molecule
• scattering

• Centro di Studio per la Chimica dei Plasmi del C.N.R., Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Bari, Bari, Italy

  Mario Capitelli

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