On the O2(v′)+O2(v′′) atmospheric reaction. II. The role of rotational excitation Original Research Article

The effect of rotational excitation on the rate constant for the title reaction is investigated by using the quasiclassical trajectory method and the realistic double many-body expansion (DMBE) potential energy surface for ground-state triplet O4. The results are compared with previously reported calculations in which such effects have been neglected.