First observation of four-body breakup in electron recombination:: C2D5+ -: art. no. 153201

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作者
Geppert, W [1 ]
Ehlerding, A
Hellberg, F
Kalhori, S
Thomas, RD
Novotny, O
Arnold, ST
Miller, TM
Viggiano, AA
Larsson, M
机构
[1] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[2] Hanscom AFB, Air Force Res Lab, Space Vehicles Directorate, Bedford, MA 01731 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.153201
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
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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