Published May 28, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Dissociative recombination of rare gas hydride ions: II. ArH+

  • 1. PALMS, UMR No. 6627 du CNRS, Universite de Rennes I, 35042 Rennes (France)
  • 2. Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK (United Kingdom)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C (Denmark)

Description

A storage ring measurement of the rate coefficient for the production of neutral Ar in e + ArH+ collisions is described. It is found that the recombination rate is too small to measure at low centre-of-mass energies but the combined rate coefficient for dissociative recombination and dissociative excitation increases above 2.5 eV displaying peaks centred at 7.5 eV, 16 and 26 eV. Calculated potential energy curves for the ground and excited states of ArH+ are presented and these aid in the elucidation of the recombination and excitation processes observed at higher energies. The implications for plasma modelling are discussed. (letter to the editor)

Availability note (English)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. L175-L181
ISSN
0953-4075
CODEN
JPAPEH