3. Characteristic Temperature T VLT for Transition to the Classical Langevin Capture Rate in Collisions of Diatomic Hydrogen Isotopologues with Selected Diatomic and Polyatomic Isotopologues .
| Molecular Ion | Neutral Molecule | TVLT [mK] |
|---|---|---|
| H2 | H2 | 17.2 |
| HD | 12.0 | |
| D2 | 9.70 | |
| HD+ | H2 | 12.0 |
| HD | 7.65 | |
| D2 | 5.86 | |
| D2 | H2 | 9.70 |
| HD | 5.86 | |
| D2 | 4.30 | |
| H3 | H2 | 12.0 |
| HD | 7.65 | |
| D2 | 5.86 | |
| H2D+ | H2 | 9.70 |
| HD | 5.86 | |
| D2 | 4.30 | |
| HD2 | H2 | 8.43 |
| HD | 4.90 | |
| D2 | 3.48 | |
| D3 | H2 | 7.65 |
| HD | 4.30 | |
| D2 | 3.00 | |
| CH3 | H2 | 5.53 |
| HD | 2.75 | |
| D2 | 1.73 | |
| C2H2 | H2 | 5.00 |
| HD | 2.38 | |
| D2 | 1.43 |
Note all temperatures considered occur in the cold regime well below 1 K. Adapted from E. I. Dashevskaya and I. Litvin, Rates of complex formation in collisions of rotationally excited homonuclear diatoms with ions at very low temperatures: Application to hydrogen isotopes and hydrogen-containing ions, Journal of Chemical Physics, 122 (2005) 184311, with the permission of AIP Publishing.