Publications by authors named "Alessandro Munafo"

This work presents a detailed investigation of the energy-transfer and dissociation mechanisms in N(XΣ) + O(P) and NO(XΠ) + N(S) systems using rovibrational-specific quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) and master equation analyses. The complete set of state-to-state kinetic data, obtained via QCT, allows for an in-depth investigation of the Zel'dovich mechanism leading to the formation of NO molecules at microscopic and macroscopic scales. The master equation analysis demonstrates that the low-lying vibrational states of N and NO have dominant contributions to the NO formation and the corresponding extinction of N through the exchange process.

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