Recombination of electrons with H3+ and H5+ ions

Macdonald, J A; Biondi, Manfred A.; Johnsen, Rainer

doi:10.1016/0032-0633(84)90117-x

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“…Similar predictions had been madeearlier by KulanderandGuest [6]. In contrast,the only experimentaldata (obtainedby using the microwave afterglow method) that were available at that time (Leu et al [7] and Macdonald et al [8]) gaverecombinationcoefficients on the order of 2x10"7 cm3/s, which is a fairly typical valuefor a smallspecies. Sinceit appeared reasonable to assume that the experimental datareferredto vibrationally unexcitedH3+ ions, the resultswere clearly in conflict with Michels andHobbs'expectation.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…There is no reason to be concerned about formation of H5 + ions at room temperature since the equilibrium constant for three-body association H3 + + H2 + He _ H5 + + He (7) has the small value of 2x10 -19 cm 3 at 300 K cm3/s) proton transfer H3 + + H20 ---) H3 O+ + H2 (8) werethe principal offendingions.Hence,all effortswere madeto reducethe H20 concentrationby placingcold trapsinto thegassupplylines,but somewater vaporremained.…”

Section: Ii4 Presence Of H5 + Ionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Recombination of H3+ and D3+ ions in a flowing afterglow plasma

Gougousi

Johnsen

Golde

1995

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes

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Section: Ii4 Presence Of H5 + Ionsmentioning

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Recombination of H3+ and D3+ ions in a flowing afterglow plasma

Gougousi

Johnsen

Golde

1995

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes

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“…The earliest afterglow measurements in which the recombining ions were identified by mass analysis are those of Leu et al (1973) [7] and by Macdonald et al (1984) [8] [31], based on their calculations of two-dimensional potential-energy curves, predicted that the ionic ground-potential curve of H 3 + does not be intersect a repulsive curve leading to neutral products. Actually, a similar prediction had been made earlier by Kulander and Guest [32].…”

Section: Early Stationary Afterglow Resultsmentioning

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A critical review of H₃⁺recombination studies

Johnsen¹

2005

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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After more that 30 years of experimental and theoretical work it now appears that theory and experiment on H 3 + recombination have finally converged. Since the storage ring results come very close to the latest theoretical calculations one might conclude that "the case is closed". However, some troublesome issues remain and should not be dismissed too quickly. For instance, some afterglow measurements showed faster decays at early afterglow times. It is now clear that the fast recombining species cannot be vibrationally excited ions since the same rates were found for spectroscopically identified H 3 + ions in v=0. On the other hand, there is no convincing explanation for the very small rates obtained in the Prague experiments at low H 2 densities. It is also puzzling that some measurements find nearly the same recombination coefficients for H 3 + and D 3 + , while others indicate that H 3 + recombines much faster. It has often been stated that vibrational excitation of the H 3 + ions tends to enhance recombination, but the evidence for that is far from solid; some observations suggest that the opposite is just as likely. IntroductionThe history of recombination studies of the H 3 + ion still presents a confusing picture, even to someone who has worked on experimental studies of this ion for more than 30 years and has closely followed the "ups and downs" of experimental results and the interplay between experiment and theory. It is most gratifying that we are now at the point where the best available theory [1, 2] agrees rather well with the latest results of ion-storage-ring experiments [3]. Has the time come to close the books and to say that no further work is needed? I do not think so.If one looks at the experimental results that were obtained over the years (see table 1 and table 2), one notices that the published thermal rate coefficients at temperatures near 300 K have varied by more than one order of magnitude. What shall we make of this large variation? Discarding the older data as "flawed" is not acceptable and may deprive us of useful insights. The variations do not seem to due to ordinary experimental errors such as calibration errors of probes etc. Almost all experimenters also studied the "benchmark ion" O 2 + to test their procedures and in that case the 300 K rate coefficients agree rather well (see e.g. the references to O 2 + data in [4] and [5]). It is far more likely that the poorly controlled and usually unknown internal energy of the H 3 + ion (vibrational, rotational) had an effect on the measured recombination rate. Of course, the vibrational energy of the "benchmark" O 2 + ions also was generally poorly controlled, but fortunately it seems to have only a small effect on the total recombination rate [6] and hence did not lead to significant discrepancies between results.

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“…Afterglow plasmas at higher densities, however, explore additional mechanisms to return to the neutral state, as is immediately apparent when one examines historical recombination data. Figure 1 compares selected afterglow rate coefficients [2,3,5,6] to the thermal recombination coefficient inferred from earlier ISR experiments [4].…”

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“…This brief contribution adds some ideas on the interpretation of afterglow data, and proposed three-body 10 -6 Macdonald et al [2] Glosík et al [3] McCall et al [4] Amano [5] Leu et al [6] 10 -7…”

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Kinetic processes in recombining H ₃ ⁺ plasmas

Johnsen

2012

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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Recombination of electrons with H3+ and H5+ ions

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Recombination of H3+ and D3+ ions in a flowing afterglow plasma

Recombination of H3+ and D3+ ions in a flowing afterglow plasma

A critical review of H₃⁺recombination studies

Kinetic processes in recombining H ₃ ⁺ plasmas

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Recombination of electrons with H3+ and H5+ ions

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Recombination of H3+ and D3+ ions in a flowing afterglow plasma

Recombination of H3+ and D3+ ions in a flowing afterglow plasma

A critical review of H3+recombination studies

Kinetic processes in recombining H 3 + plasmas

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