Rotationally inelastic and hyperfine resolved cross sections for OH–H2 collisions. Calculations using a new abinitio potential surface

AR Offer, MC Hemert, EF Dishoeck�- The Journal of chemical physics, 1994 - pubs.aip.org
Cross sections and rate constants are presented for the rotational excitation of OH in
collision with ortho and para‐H2, using a new ab initio interaction potential [Offer and Van
Hemert, J. Chem. Phys. 99, 3836 (1993)]. The cross sections are given at a number of
energies and are compared with those calculated using an earlier potential energy surface,
and with the available experimental results. A strong oscillatory behavior is found in the
cross sections for collisions with ground state para‐H2 which was not apparent in earlier�…