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Title: Unimolecular and collision-induced dissociation of Ar/sub 2/ /sup +/ produced by electron ionization of Ar/sub 2/

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. A; (United States)

Unimolecular and collision-induced dissociation of Ar/sub 2/ /sup +/ produced by electron-impact ionization of Ar/sub 2/ were studied quantitatively with a double-focusing mass spectrometer. The occurrence of the metastable dissociation process Ar/sub 2/ /sup +asterisk/..-->..Ar/sup +/+Ar is interpreted qualitatively in terms of potential-energy curves calculated recently using quantum-mechanical methods.

Research Organization:
Institut fuer Experimentalphysik, Leopold Franzens Universitat, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
OSTI ID:
5267800
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. A; (United States), Vol. 28:5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English