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Reactive Cross Sections Involving Atomic Nitrogen and Ground and Vibrationally Excited Molecular Oxygen and Nitric Oxide

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Molecular Physics and Hypersonic Flows

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The reactions of atomic nitrogen with molecular oxygen and nitric oxide play an important role in the chemistry of the upper atmosphere, and also to model accurately the conditions existing around a reentering body. The N + O2 system is also an important role of chemiluminiscence in the upper atmosphere. This contribution briefly reviews some of the most powerful theoretical methodologies available for the calculation of detailed and averaged dynamical quantities and presents an overview of the most relevant results obtained in our group about these systems in the last years applying those methodologies, with special emphasis in considering diatomic molecules both in the low and highly excited vibrational levels. Finally, a new improved analytical ground potential energy surface for the reaction of nitrogen with molecular oxygen is presented and some preliminary results discussed.

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Gilibert, M., González, M., Sayós, R., Aguilar, A., Giménez, X., Hijazo, J. (1996). Reactive Cross Sections Involving Atomic Nitrogen and Ground and Vibrationally Excited Molecular Oxygen and Nitric Oxide. In: Capitelli, M. (eds) Molecular Physics and Hypersonic Flows. NATO ASI Series, vol 482. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0267-1_4

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