Rovibrationally detailed cross sections of atom-diatom collisions concerning air species

Collisions of atomic oxygen and nitrogen with nitrogen and oxygen molecules respectively have been sistematically studied with respect to initial and final vibration of the diatoms by the quasiclassical method, using the best potential energy surfaces available. Cross sections for dissociation, vibrational energy exchange and reaction have been calculated, in a translational energy range up to 10 eV. Comparisons with available thermal data are generally good. Special emphasis has been given to the inclusion of rotation in these calculations, for its importance in dissociation-recombination kinetics.