Ab-initio calculations of state-to-state rate coefficients for electron- and atom-molecule scattering at high temperatures

In the contribution to conference theoretical calculations of state-by-state rate coefficients for electron-molecule and atom-molecule scattering, by using ab-initio methods, will be presented. In particular nitrogen- and oxygen-involving chemical reactions will be considered. These quantities are of primary importance to study the energy exchange and to implement kinetic models in thermal and chemical non-equilibrium high-temperature aerothermodynamics.