2007
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.223201
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Three-Body Breakup in the Dissociative Recombination of the Covalent Triatomic Molecular IonO3+

Abstract: We report the first observation of almost exclusive three-body breakup in the dissociative recombination of a covalent triatomic molecular ion O3+. The three-body channel, constituting about 94% of the total reactivity, has been investigated in detail. The atomic fragments are formed in only the first two electronic states, 3P and 1D, while formation in the 1S state has not been observed. The breakup predominantly proceeds through dissociative states with linear geometry.

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“…The same tendency is observed, for example, in the DR of the oxygen ions, O 2 + , 33 O 3 + , 30 and O 4 + , 34 and in the DR of H 3 O + ͑H 2 O͒ n ions ͑n =0-6͒. The DR rate coefficients at room temperature for N 2 + and N 4 + were reported to be 1.75ϫ 10 −7 cm 3 s −1 ͑Ref.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 61%
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“…The same tendency is observed, for example, in the DR of the oxygen ions, O 2 + , 33 O 3 + , 30 and O 4 + , 34 and in the DR of H 3 O + ͑H 2 O͒ n ions ͑n =0-6͒. The DR rate coefficients at room temperature for N 2 + and N 4 + were reported to be 1.75ϫ 10 −7 cm 3 s −1 ͑Ref.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 61%
“…The deviation of the cross section at small energies from the 1 / E dependence could be due to resonances in the cross section, which cannot be resolved due to energy spread in the electron energy distribution ͑Ϸ2 meV͒ but which, nevertheless, play an important role for the effective cross section dependence. 30 Furthermore, the slope of the temperature dependent rate coefficient for O 3 + is very close to being characteristic of the direct mechanism, T −0.5 . 28 The slope of the cross section becomes steeper above 65 meV which can be explained by the opening of a new competing autoionization channel into a vibrationally excited state of N 3 + .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 57%
“…There has been ample experimental evidence for many-body interactions in the past, notably in studies of ultra-cold gases of alkaline atoms (Büchler et al, 2007), the stability of molecules like ozone (Zhaunerchyk et al, 2007), four-atom exchange in 3 He (McMahan and Wilkins, 1975), chirality in magnetic compounds (Grigoriev et al, 2005), ring-exchange (Coldea et al, 2001) and three-body correlations of vortex states (Menon et al, 2006) in high-temperature superconductors, or domain-wall fluctuations in (anti-) ferromagnets (Shpyrko et al, 2007). Novel quantum phases with intriguing physical properties can arise from manybody interactions which are usually described on the basis of pair potentials G(r, t).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Electron-impact dissociative recombination of 0 3+ has been investigated by the ion storage-ring method [16] and is dominated at 0 eV by three-body dissociation. The pho todissociation of 0 3+ yielding 0 + or 0 2+ fragments has also been studied intensively.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%