Hot water molecules from dissociative recombination of D3O+ with cold electrons

Autor: H, Buhr, J, Stützel, M B, Mendes, O, Novotný, D, Schwalm, M H, Berg, D, Bing, M, Grieser, O, Heber, C, Krantz, S, Menk, S, Novotny, D A, Orlov, A, Petrignani, M L, Rappaport, R, Repnow, D, Zajfman, A, Wolf
Rok vydání: 2010
Zdroj: Physical review letters. 105(10)
ISSN: 1079-7114
Popis: Individual product channels in the dissociative recombination of deuterated hydronium ions and cold electrons are studied in an ion storage ring by velocity imaging using spatial and mass-sensitive detection of the neutral reaction fragments. Initial and final molecular excitation are analyzed, finding the outgoing water molecules to carry internal excitation of more than 3 eV in 90% of the recombination events. Initial rotation is found to be substantial and in three-body breakup strongly asymmetric energy repartition among the deuterium products is enhanced for hot parent ions.
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