Dissociative excitation and fragmentation cross section of HeH+ molecular ions in collision with He

We investigated H+ and He+ fragment production from the dissociation of HeH+ ions in collision with a He target. This occurs through either the He++H or the He+H+ channel. We also investigated He2+ and H- production, which are three orders of magnitude smaller than those for H+ and He+. The He+/H ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Yousif, FB, Dominguez, JI
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Sistema de Información de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx:11154/2522
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11154/2522
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Optics
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
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Sumario:We investigated H+ and He+ fragment production from the dissociation of HeH+ ions in collision with a He target. This occurs through either the He++H or the He+H+ channel. We also investigated He2+ and H- production, which are three orders of magnitude smaller than those for H+ and He+. The He+/H channel seems to be favored over the H+/He channel at all acceleration energies as well as at all ion source pressures. The H+ and He+ cross sections appear to be independent of the acceleration energy while they show significant dependence on ion source pressures. The center of mass energy distribution for both H+ and He+ shows a kinetic energy release of near zero eV. Our results suggest that the initial state of the parent HeH+ molecular ions is that of a mixture of ground electronic state as well as metastable excited states with the a (3)Sigma(+) dominant.