Breakup dynamics in the dissociative recombination of H3+ and its isotopomers

L. Lammich*, H. Kreckel, S. Krohn, M. Lange, D. Schwalm, D. Strasser, A. Wolf, D. Zajfman

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Abstract

The dynamics of the fragmentation process following the recombination with low energetic free electrons was studied for H3+ and D3+ using a two-dimensional imaging technique. The kinematical correlation of the atomic fragments in the three-body fragmentation channel, as well as the vibrational excitation distribution of the molecular fragments in the two-body channel, could be determined. In addition, a considerable rotational excitation of the H3+ and D3+ ions circulating in the storage ring TSR was observed even after storage time of more than 1min. In contrast, the heteronuclear D2H+ isotopomer possessing an electric dipole moment does not exhibit any internal excitations after 10s of storage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)175-179
Number of pages5
JournalRadiation Physics and Chemistry
Volume68
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dissociative Recombination
  • H

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