title: Close-coupling study of rotational energy transfer of CO (upsilon=2) by collisions with He atoms.
abstract: Quantum close-coupling scattering calculations of rotational energy transfer in the vibrationally excited CO due to collisions with He atom are presented for collision energies between 10(-5) and approximately 1000 cm-1 with CO being initially in the vibrational level upsilon=2 and rotational levels j=0,1,4, and 6. The He-CO interaction potential of Heijmen et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 107, 9921 (1997)] was adopted for the calculations. Cross sections for rovibrational transitions and state-to-state rotational energy transfer from selected initial rotational levels were computed and compared with recent measurements of Carty et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 121, 4671 (2004)] and available theoretical results. Comparison in all cases is found to be excellent, providing a stringent test for the scattering calculations as well as the reliability of the He-CO interaction potential by Heijmen et al.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Simulational Physics, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2451, USA. yang@physast.uga.edu
authors.forename: Benhui
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Stancil
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Forrey