Assignment of resonances in dissociative recombination of HD+ ions: 
high-resolution measurements compared with accurate computations

Waffeu Tamo, F. O.; Buhr, Hendrik; Motapon, O.; Altevogt, Simon; Andrianarijaona, V.; Grieser, Manfred; Lammich, Lutz; Lestinsky, Michael; Motsch, Michael; Nevo, I.; Novotny, Steffen; Orlov, Dmitry A.; Pedersen, H. B.; Schwalm, Dirk; Sprenger, Frank; Urbain, X.; Weigel, Udo; Wolf, Andreas; Schneider, I. F.

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Assignment of resonances in dissociative recombination of HD⁺ ions: high-resolution measurements compared with accurate computations

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Buhr, Hendrik
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;
LPF, University of Douala, Cameroon;

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Altevogt, Simon
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Andrianarijaona, V.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Grieser, Manfred
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Lammich, Lutz
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Lestinsky, Michael
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Motsch, Michael
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Novotny, Steffen
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Orlov, Dmitry A.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Pedersen, H. B.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Schwalm, Dirk
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Sprenger, Frank
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Weigel, Udo
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Wolf, Andreas
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Waffeu Tamo, F. O., Buhr, H., Motapon, O., Altevogt, S., Andrianarijaona, V., Grieser, M., et al. (2011). Assignment of resonances in dissociative recombination of HD⁺ ions: high-resolution measurements compared with accurate computations. Physical Review. A, 84(2): 022710. Retrieved from http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5267.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0012-0D77-6

Abstract

The collision-energy resolved rate coefficient for dissociative recombination of HD⁺ ions in the vibrational ground state is measured using the photocathode electron target at the heavy-ion storage ring TSR. Rydberg resonances associated with ro-vibrational excitation of the HD⁺ core are scanned as a function of the electron collision energy with an instrumental broadening below 1 meV in the low-energy limit. The measurement is compared to calculations using multichannel quantum defect theory, accounting for rotational structure and interactions and considering the six lowest rotational energy levels as initial ionic states. Using thermal equilibrium level populations at 300 K to approximate the experimental conditions, close correspondence between calculated and measured structures is found up to the first vibrational excitation threshold of the cations near 0.24 eV. Detailed assignments, including naturally broadened and overlapping Rydberg resonances, are performed for all structures up to 0.024 eV. Resonances from purely rotational excitation of the ion core are found to have similar strengths as those involving vibrational excitation. A dominant low-energy resonance is assigned to contributions from excited rotational states only. The results indicate strong modifications in the energy dependence of the dissociative recombination rate coefficient through the rotational excitation of the parent ions, and underline the need for studies with rotationally cold species to obtain results reflecting low-temperature ionized media.