Quantum scattering of NO(X2Π) with He(1S): Temperature dependence of rotational (de)-excitation rate coefficients

We report fully-quantum, coupled-state (CS) calculations of inelastic integral cross sections for collisions of NO(2Π) with He. The scattering calculations, which take into account the fine structure of the NO radical, were done on a grid of collision energies large enough to ensure converged state-to-state rate coefficients for temperatures ranging from 1 K up to 350 K.