First Observation of Four-Body Breakup in Electron Recombination: C2D5(+)

Abstract

We report the first observation of four-body breakup in electron dissociative recombination of a molecular ion: C2D5+. In an ion storage ring experiment, the branching ratio for the process C2D5(+) + e -> C2D2 + D + D + D was determined to be 13%. This means that three covalent chemical bonds are broken as a result of the action of a single electron. This is the first time a four-body breakup of chemical bonds has been observed in a low-energy binary reaction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 2004
Accession Number
ADA442748

Entities

People

  • A. A. Viggiano
  • A. Ehlerding
  • F. Hellberg
  • M. Larsson
  • O. Novotny
  • R. D. Thomas
  • S. Kalhori
  • S. T. Arnold
  • T. M. Miller
  • W. Geppert

Organizations

  • Stockholm University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Chemical Bonds
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemistry
  • Collisions
  • Combustion
  • Contracts
  • Detectors
  • Deuterium
  • Dissociation
  • Electrons
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Observation
  • Storage Rings

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics