TY - JOUR
T1 - Ionization and excitation of hydrogen molecules by fast proton impact
AU - Ben-Itzhak, I.
AU - Krishnamurthi, Vidhya
AU - Carnes, K. D.
AU - Aliabadi, H.
AU - Knudsen, H.
AU - Mikkelsen, U.
AU - Esry, B. D.
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - The ratio of ionization-excitation to single ionization of hydrogen molecules caused by fast proton impact was measured over a wide velocity range (v = 6-24 au) using the coincidence time-of-flight technique. This ratio, approx. 2%, is independent of the collision velocity at high velocities. It differs from the ratio of total H+ to H2+ production mostly due to a large contribution from the dissociation of the electronic ground state of the molecular ion. The dissociation fraction of H2+ (1sσ) was measured and compares well with our calculations using the Franck-Condon approximation.
AB - The ratio of ionization-excitation to single ionization of hydrogen molecules caused by fast proton impact was measured over a wide velocity range (v = 6-24 au) using the coincidence time-of-flight technique. This ratio, approx. 2%, is independent of the collision velocity at high velocities. It differs from the ratio of total H+ to H2+ production mostly due to a large contribution from the dissociation of the electronic ground state of the molecular ion. The dissociation fraction of H2+ (1sσ) was measured and compares well with our calculations using the Franck-Condon approximation.
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U2 - 10.1088/0953-4075/29/1/005
DO - 10.1088/0953-4075/29/1/005
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0029679151
SN - 0953-4075
VL - 29
SP - L21-L28
JO - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
JF - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
IS - 1
ER -