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Molecular dynamics calculations of inelastic collisions of atomic oxygen withmolecular nitrogen are known to show orders of magnitude discrepancies withexperimental results in the range from room temperature to many thousands ofdegrees Kelvin. In this work, we have achieved an unprecedented quantitativeagreement with experiments even at low temperature, by including anon-adiabatic treatment involving vibronic states on newly developed potentialenergy surfaces. This result paves the way to the calculation of accurate anddetailed databases of vibrational energy exchange rates for this collisionalsystem. This is bound to have an impact on air plasma simulations in a widerange of conditions and on the development of Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO)satellites, operating in the low thermosphere, objects of great technologicalinterest due to their potential at a competitive cost.

Reconciling Experimental and Theoretical Vibrational Deactivation in Low-Energy O+N$_2$ Collisions