https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00046-4
Kinetic energy release for the collision-induced dissociation of CO+
1
Centro de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C.P. 62210, Cuernavaca, Mor. Apdo. Post. 48-3, México, Mexico
2
Laboratorio de Espectroscopía Atómica y Molecular, Universidad Industrial de Santander, 678 Bucaramanga, Colombia
Corresponding author: a emejia@uis.edu.co
Received:
27
November
2006
Revised:
12
January
2007
Published online:
2
March
2007
The kinetic energy release distributions (KERDs) of C+ and O+ fragments arising from 5 keV collision-induced dissociation (CID) of CO+ ions with helium have been measured. The KERDs of C+ and O+ exhibit different features corresponding to the states that participate in CID processes. We have identified groups of dissociative and predissociative states, and compare them with theoretical and experimental values.
PACS: 34.20.Mq – Potential energy surfaces for collisions / 34.50.-s – Scattering of atoms and molecules / 34.50.Gb – Electronic excitation and ionization of molecules; intermediate molecular states (including lifetimes, state mixing, etc.)
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2007
