Dissociative recombination and excitation of D sub 3 sup +
- Department of Physics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7 (CA)
Measurements of the dissociative recombination of deexcited D{sub 3}{sup +} ions yield cross sections similar at low energies to those found for H{sub 3}{sup +} (H. Hus {ital et} {ital al}., Phys. Rev. A 38, 658 (1988)). Previous measurements (J. B. A. Mitchell {ital et} {ital al}., J. Phys. B 17, L909 (1984)) performed with excited ions indicated that there was an isotope effect giving rise to a larger cross section for H{sub 3}{sup +} than for D{sub 3}{sup +}. This effect can in fact be explained in terms of differing vibrational-state populations in those studies rather than by molecular-dynamics arguments. Dissociative excitation measurements for D{sub 3}{sup +} are found to contain a wealth of resonance structure.
- OSTI ID:
- 5797044
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, A; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, A; (USA) Vol. 43:11; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Collision Phenomena
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
BEAM DYNAMICS
BEAM-BEAM INTERACTIONS
CATIONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
COLLISIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DEUTERIUM IONS
DISSOCIATION
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON-ION COLLISIONS
ENERGY DEPENDENCE
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
HYDROGEN IONS
HYDROGEN IONS 3 PLUS
ION COLLISIONS
IONS
ISOTOPE EFFECTS
MOLECULAR IONS
RECOMBINATION