On the origin of nonequilibrium radiation from iodine molecules at the shock wave front

The direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is used for modeling the problem on the shock wave front in the 0.7%I₂-99.3%He mixture for a shock wave Mach number of 4.85. The choice of this system is due to the fact that intense radiation peaks have been observed experimentally precisely in such systems and it has been convincingly proven that this effect is induced by high-energy collisions between I₂ molecules. The results of simulation provide additional sound arguments in favor of the conclusion that the translational nonequilibrium state at the shock wave front in a light gas with a small admixture of heavy nonreacting molecules may cause the experimentally observed nonequilibrium radiation peaks.