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The molecular model of electronic transitions in atom–atom collisions: Successes and shortcomings
Author(s) -
Mccarroll R.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560240805
Subject(s) - diabatic , atom (system on chip) , adiabatic process , representation (politics) , atomic physics , atomic electron transition , translation (biology) , physics , chemistry , computer science , quantum mechanics , gene , embedded system , spectral line , biochemistry , politics , messenger rna , law , political science
The application of the molecular model to describe inelastic electronic transitions in atom‐atom collisions is reviewed. The removal of defects of the model by the introduction of electron translation factors is discussed with reference to some specinc examples. A brief survey is given of the difficulties associated with the transformation from an adiabatic to a diabatic representation for complex systems.