Kinetics of thermalization of fast nitrogen atoms beyond the hard sphere approximation

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-115

  Kharchenko, V ^a   Tharamel, J ^a   Dalgarno, A ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COLLISION; NITROGEN ATOM; OXYGEN ATOM; SCATTERING;

EID: 0030686568     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(96)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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