a National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234 U.S.A.
b School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 U.S.A.
Abstract:
An analytic model for the hindered rotational states of a diatomic molecule adsorbed upright on a solid surface is discussed. Various model dynamics situations, within the sudden approximation, designed to simulate desorption are presented and rotational state distributions are calculated including both rotational and translational degrees of freedom. Criteria are established for observing rotationally cool desorbed molecules.