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Introduction to Atom-Molecule Collisions: The Interdependency of Theory and Experiment

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Atom - Molecule Collision Theory

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For a century, since Boltzmann, it has been recognized that intermolecular collisions are primarily responsible for most observable rate phenomena, both physical and chemical, in fluid systems. The goal of research in the field of heavy-particle collisions is to gain a detailed, quantitative description (and thus an “understanding”) of these rate processes, starting from first principles.(1)

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