Dissociative Recombination of Highly Symmetric Polyatomic Ions

    Authors

    N. Douguet; A. E. Orel; C. H. Greene;V. Kokoouline

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Phys. Rev. Lett.

    Keywords

    QUANTUM-DEFECT THEORY; GAUSSIAN-BASIS SETS; BRANCHING RATIOS; RYDBERG; H3O+; ATOMS; D3O+; Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    A general first-principles theory of dissociative recombination is developed for highly symmetric molecular ions and applied to H(3)O(+) and CH(3)(+), which play an important role in astrophysical, combustion, and laboratory plasma environments. The theoretical cross sections obtained for the dissociative recombination of the two ions are in good agreement with existing experimental data from storage ring experiments.

    Journal Title

    Physical Review Letters

    Volume

    108

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    5

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000298991400009

    ISSN

    0031-9007

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