The calculation of quenching rate coefficients of O2 Herzberg states in collisions with CO2, CO, N2, O2 molecules

The removal rates of Herzberg states of molecular oxygen O2( c 1 Σ u - , v = 0–16), O2( A ′ 3 Δ u , v = 0–11), O2( A 3 Σ u + , v = 0–10) in the collisions with ground-state CO2, CO, N2, O2 molecules are calculated according to analytical expressions. The study includes a consideration of intramolecular electron energy transfers without and with vibrational excitation of target molecules and intermolecular processes. The preliminary calculations show important role of electronic–vibrational energy transfer processes in the quenching O2( A 3 Σ u + , v) + CO2; O2( c 1 Σ u - , v) + CO2, CO, N2; O2( A ′ 3 Δ u , v) + O2. Reasonable agreement of the calculated rate coefficients with data of laser experimental measurements is obtained.