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T1 - Dissociation of H2+ prepared in different rovibronic states by keV collisions with rare gases
AU - Fournier, P.G.
AU - Brenton, A.G.
AU - Jonathan, P.
AU - Beynon, J.H.
PY - 1987/10/9
Y1 - 1987/10/9
N2 - Translational energy spectra for H+ ions produced by the keV collision-induced dissociation of H2+ on rare gases were recorded on a reversed-geometry mass spectrometer. Results were obtained for various vibrational populations of the precursor H2+ (1sσg) state formed by electron impact. Experimental kinetic energy distributions are compared with a 1sσg → 2pσu Franck-Condon calculation. A new dissociative mechanism involving vibrational excitation of H2+ (1sσg) to quasi-bound states, and subsequent predissociation, is proposed to explain the formation of H+ fragments with centre of mass kinetic energy release less than 0.3 eV.
AB - Translational energy spectra for H+ ions produced by the keV collision-induced dissociation of H2+ on rare gases were recorded on a reversed-geometry mass spectrometer. Results were obtained for various vibrational populations of the precursor H2+ (1sσg) state formed by electron impact. Experimental kinetic energy distributions are compared with a 1sσg → 2pσu Franck-Condon calculation. A new dissociative mechanism involving vibrational excitation of H2+ (1sσg) to quasi-bound states, and subsequent predissociation, is proposed to explain the formation of H+ fragments with centre of mass kinetic energy release less than 0.3 eV.
U2 - 10.1016/0168-1176(87)80025-3
DO - 10.1016/0168-1176(87)80025-3
M3 - Journal article
VL - 79
SP - 81
EP - 100
JO - International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes
JF - International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes
SN - 0168-1176
IS - 1
ER -