Enigma of H3+ dissociative recombination

Autor:	R.A. Kendall, David Robert Bates, M.F. Guest
Rok vydání:	1993
Předmět:	Physics Recombination coefficient Molecular interactions Reaction rate constant Space and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics Atomic physics Potential energy Dissociative recombination Experimental research
Zdroj:	Planetary and Space Science. 41:9-15
ISSN:	0032-0633
DOI:	10.1016/0032-0633(93)90011-p
Popis:	Experimental research on the dissociative recombination of H+3 in the zeroth vibrational level is reviewed. It is concluded that the evidence that the recombination coefficient at 300K is around 1.5 × 10−7 cm3 s−1 is overwhelming. However, such a high rate coefficient has appeared irreconcilable with theory, there being no crossing of potential energy curves favourable to dissociative recombination at low temperature. This has caused at least an element of doubt. A crossing of potentials is not required for the multistep dissociative recombination which has recently been introduced. It is shown that this process may explain the experimental results.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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