Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol.99, No.42, 15335-15341, 1995
Alignment Effects in the Dissociation of H-2(+) in Collisions with Laser-Excited Sodium Atoms
Alignment effects are reported for the dissociation of H-2(+) in collisions with laser-excited sodium in the laboratory collision energy range 600-2400 eV. Measurement of coincidences between H+ and H for different laser polarizations enables a straightforward analysis of the experimental results and reduces the number of possible dissociation mechanisms when compared with measurements in which only protons are detected. A mechanism involving autoionization of high-lying Rydberg states of H-2 is proposed as one possible mechanism for the production of protons with very low kinetic energies.
Keywords:ANGULAR-MOMENTUM;CHARGE-TRANSFER;CROSS-SECTIONS;RARE-GASES;STATE;H-2+;ORIENTATION;EXCITATION;IMPACT;NA