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Vibrational Relaxation of Molecules

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Plasma Kinetics in Atmospheric Gases

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Vibrational kinetics investigates the relaxation processes of molecular vibrational levels and their influence on various properties of gases. It is a fundamental part of physical-chemical kinetics for the study of different phenomena in non-equilibrium molecular gases. Vibrational relaxation has a special role among relaxation processes. First of all, this is because under ordinary conditions, i.e., for gas temperatures below a few thousand degrees, vibrational relaxation is a slow process compared with translational and rotational relaxation. Secondly, much of the energy can be stored in vibrational levels (recall that a nonlinear molecule with N atoms has 3N — 6 independent vibrational modes). Non-equilibrium vibrationally excited molecules can be easily created and have a wide range of practical applications.

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  2. Department of Physics and Centro de Fisica dos Plasmas, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal

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  3. Optical Department of P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect 53, 117924, Moscow, Russia

    Professor Boris F. Gordiets

  4. Physical Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobyevy Gory, 119899, Moscow, Russia

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Capitelli, M., Ferreira, C.M., Gordiets, B.F., Osipov, A.I. (2000). Vibrational Relaxation of Molecules. In: Plasma Kinetics in Atmospheric Gases. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04158-1_4

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