@article {5008,
	title = {Simple analytic form for the velocity-angular-momentum distribution function of drifting linear ions},
	journal = {Physical Review A},
	volume = {63},
	number = {3},
	year = {2001},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 408HPTimes Cited: 6Cited Reference Count: 21},
	month = {Mar},
	pages = {12},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {A simple analytic form is presented for the full velocity-angular-momentum distribution function for gasphase linear ions drifting in an atomic bath gas under a constant external electric field. Predictions of temperatures, drift velocities, and alignment parameters from this form are compared in detail against molecular-dynamics calculations for NO+ drifting in helium. The form is accurate, compact, and based upon a physically motivated expansion. In essence, simple Maxwellian-like functions are generalized by allowing appropriate temperatures to become functions of velocity and rotational ang;lar momentum. Over a wide range of reduced field strengths, including the equilibrium state, this form is able to account accurately for many properties at a microscopic level with only a few adjustable parameters.},
	keywords = {ATOMIC GASES, COLLISIONAL ALIGNMENT, DYNAMICS, MOLECULES, ROTATIONAL ALIGNMENT, SCATTERING, SUPERSONIC EXPANSIONS, SWARM, TRANSPORT-COEFFICIENTS},
	isbn = {1050-2947},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000167321000041},
	author = {Baranowski, R. and Thachuk, M.}
}
