Branching fractions in dissociative recombination of CH2+

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作者
Larson, Å
Le Padellec, A
Semaniak, J
Strömholm, C
Larsson, M
Rosén, S
Peverall, R
Danared, H
Djuric, N
Dunn, GH
Datz, S
机构
[1] Royal Inst Technol, Dept Phys 1, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Univ Stockholm, Dept Phys, S-11385 Stockholm, Sweden
[3] Jan Kochanowski Univ Humanities & Sci, Inst Phys, PL-25430 Kielce, Poland
[4] FOM, Inst Atom & Mol Phys, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[5] Manne Siegbahn Lab, S-10405 Stockholm, Sweden
[6] Univ Colorado, JILA, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[7] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Phys, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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ISM : molecules; methods : laboratory; molecular processes;
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10.1086/306164
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The absolute cross section and branching ratios for dissociative recombination of CH2+ with electrons have been measured by means of the heavy-ion storage ring CRYRING. Contrary to what has been previously believed, recombination of CH2+ is dominated by the three-body channel C + H + H (63%), whereas breakup into the CH + H and C + H-2 channels occurs with branching ratios of 25% and 12%, respectively. The thermal rate coefficient for dissociative recombination at 300 K is 6.4 x 10(-7) cm(3) s(-1), which is higher by a factor of 2.5 than the value used in modeling dark molecular clouds. The low CH production and the high production of energetic carbon atoms could be favorable factors for the turbulence model to explain the large abundance of interstellar CH+. The cross section for dissociative excitation was also measured and found to be in good agreement with results from a crossed electron-ion beam experiment.
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