The competition between dissociative recombination, vibrational excitation, and dissociative excitation of molecular cations in electron-impact collisions is discussed within the formalism of the Multichannel Quantum Defect Theory. Illustrative results are given for the HD+/HD and CO+/CO systems.
Affiliations
University of DoualaPhysics Department
Université du HavreLOMC
Ecole Centrale ParisLaboratoire EM2C
Université du Havre & ScottishChurch CollegeLOMC & Dept. of Mathematics
Université du Havre & Observatoire de ParisLOMC & LERMA