Transport properties of two-component radium – halogen dilute gas media

Abstract

Based on state-of-the-art ab initio potential energy functions and classical kinetic theory, some transport properties (diffusion, viscosity and thermal conductivity coefficients) of two-component dilute gas media of radium and halogen (F, Cl, Br, I) atoms were predicted as functions of the translation temperature up to 3000 K. Calculations were performed by sequential analytical and (or) numerical computations of deflection angle, cross-section and collision integrals. A detailed methodology for the calculation of the transport properties using the Morse potential was developed. Some numerical difficulties arising due to the singularity of the integrands and discontinuous character of the variable of integration are considered. The dependence of transport properties on isotope mass is also shown. Possible errors introduced by using the model Morse potential function instead of the real potential for the interaction between atoms are estimated. These data can be useful for the planning of the experiments on the direct laser cooling of the monohalides of alkaline earth metals.