Charge-transfer dissociation of vibrationally cold HeH+: evidence for and lifetime of the a 3Σ+ metastable state

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 060705-060701

  Strasser, D ^a   Bhushan, K G ^a   Pedersen, H B ^a   Wester, R ^b   Heber, O ^a   Lafosse, A ^c   Rappaport, M L ^a   Altstein, N ^a   Zajfman, D ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRAPS; GROUND STATE; HYDRIDES; ION BEAMS; KINETIC ENERGY; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS;

DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION; HELIUM HYDRIDE MOLECULAR ION; KINETIC ENERGY RELEASE; METASTABLE STATE;

POSITIVE IONS;

EID: 0033725865     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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