Electron impact single ionization and dissociative excitation of H3O+, HD2O+ and D3O+
Bahati, EM;Jureta, JJ;Cherkani-Hassani, H.;Defrance, Pierre
(2001) Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics — Vol. 34, n° 10, p. L333-L337 (2001)
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Bahati, EM
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Jureta, JJ
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Cherkani-Hassani, H.
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Defrance, PierreUCLouvain
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First absolute cross sections for electron impact single ionization of H3O+, HD2O+ and D3O+ and for dissociative excitation (DE) producing H+ and D+ are reported. The animated crossed electron-ion beam method has been employed in the energy range from threshold to 2500 eV. The maxima of these cross sections are found to be unusually small (<1 x 10(-17) cm(2)). The ionization threshold energies are determined to be 24.7 +/- 0.5, 24.4 +/- 0.5 and 24.0 +/- 0.5 eV for H3O+, HD2O+ and D3O+, respectively. The observed DE threshold energies lie in the range 10-12.5 eV and the maximum kinetic energies released are between 3 and 4 eV. Significant differences are observed between the results obtained for the three isotopomers.
Bahati, E., Jureta, J., Cherkani-Hassani, H., & Defrance, P. (2001). Electron impact single ionization and dissociative excitation of H3O+, HD2O+ and D3O+. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 34(10), L333-L337. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/34/10/104 (Original work published 2001)