title: The complete T-->V,R energy conversion in three-body collisions within the hard sphere model.
abstract: It is shown that in hard sphere (impulsive) collisions of atoms with diatomic molecules, complete conversion of the collision energy into the internal energy of the diatomic partner is possible for any number of impacts between the elastic balls representing the particles. The corresponding collision geometries and relations between the masses of the particles are described in detail.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, The Russia Academy of Sciences, Leninskiĭ prospect 38, Building 2, Moscow 119334, Russia.
authors.forename: Vladimir M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Azriel
authors.forename: Lev Yu
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Rusin
authors.forename: Mikhail B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Sevryuk