TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-body fragmentation dynamics of amidogen and methylene radicals via dissociative recombination
AU - Thomas, R. D.
AU - Hellberg, F.
AU - Neau, A.
AU - Rosén, S.
AU - Larsson, M.
AU - Vane, C. R.
AU - Bannister, M. E.
AU - Datz, S.
AU - Petrignani, A.
AU - Van Der Zande, W. J.
PY - 2005/3/1
Y1 - 2005/3/1
N2 - We report the investigation into the three-body fragmentation of the triatomic molecules NH 2 and CH 2 via the process of dissociative recombination (DR). Recently reported analysis of experiments into the DR of the similar system H 2O indicated that the DR process is violent, involving a large degree of geometrical change and energy distribution from the initial attachment of the free electron by the parent ion to the final dissociation step. Comparison of data from NH 2 and CH 2 with that of H 2O gives a similar picture of the DR process, though there are significant differences in the results, not only in the branching fraction between the expected decay channels, but also in the distribution of the available reaction energy over the product hydrogen atoms as well as in the molecular geometry at the point of dissociation.
AB - We report the investigation into the three-body fragmentation of the triatomic molecules NH 2 and CH 2 via the process of dissociative recombination (DR). Recently reported analysis of experiments into the DR of the similar system H 2O indicated that the DR process is violent, involving a large degree of geometrical change and energy distribution from the initial attachment of the free electron by the parent ion to the final dissociation step. Comparison of data from NH 2 and CH 2 with that of H 2O gives a similar picture of the DR process, though there are significant differences in the results, not only in the branching fraction between the expected decay channels, but also in the distribution of the available reaction energy over the product hydrogen atoms as well as in the molecular geometry at the point of dissociation.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.032711
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.032711
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:18544382515
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 71
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 032711
ER -