Mathias Danielsson

Dissociative recombination of fully deuterated protonated acetonitrile, CD3CND+: product branching fractions, absolute cross section and thermal rate coefficient

The dissociative recombination of fully deuterated protonated acetonitrile, CD(3)CND(+), has been investigated at the CRYRING heavy ion storage ring, located at the Manne Siegbahn Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden. Branching fractions were measured at approximately 0 eV relative collision energy between the ions and the electrons and in 65% of the DR events there was no rupture of bonds between heavy atoms. In the remaining 35%, one of the bonds between the heavy atoms was broken. The DR cross-section was measured between approximately 0 eV and 1 eV relative collision energy. In the energy region between 1 meV and 0.1 eV the cross section data were best fitted by the expression sigma = 7.37 x 10(-16) (E/eV)(-1.23) cm(2), whereas sigma = 4.12 x 10(-16) (E/eV)(-1.46) cm(2) was the best fit for the energy region between 0.1 and 1.0 eV. From the cross section a thermal rate coefficient of alpha(T) = 8.13 x 10(-7) (T/300)(-0.69) cm(3) s(-1) was deduced.

Dissociative recombination study of N3+: Cross section and branching fraction measurements

We report an investigation into the dissociative recombination of the azide radical cation, N(3) (+). The reaction rate constant has been measured to be 6.47 x 10(-7) cm(3) s(-1) at room temperature. This value is smaller than those reported earlier for the ion-electron neutralization of N(3) (+) at nitrogen atmospheric pressure. A strong propensity to dissociate through the N(2)+N channel has been observed.

DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION OF D3S + : PRODUCT BRANCHING FRACTIONS AND ABSOLUTE CROSS SECTIONS

This thesis describes two projects, spectroscopy of the astrophysically relevant molecule TiH and its isotopologue TiD, and the dissociative recombination (DR) reaction of astrophysically and atmospherically relevant molecules. Emphasis in the thesis is on the first project. A series of laser aided spectroscopic studies of TiH/TiD has been carried out. A search for forbidden transitions in the (green) B-X band of TiH was performed. This was followed by a rather bitter fight for the analysis of the perturbed and congested B-X band of TiD, and this was finally rewarding. A substantial extension of a previously reported analysis of this band was performed. The new analysis includes transitions between higher vibrational levels never previously identified. This made it possible to report the first experimentally derived equilibrium constants for the TiH/TiD molecules. There is a need for such results for metal hydrides in the work of calculating the opacity of the atmospheres of cool M and L type stars. The DR storage ring experiments have been carried out at the ion storage ring CRYRING in Stockholm. Measurements of the branching fractions and DR rate constants of molecular ions have been done. These results find use in the modeling of the chemistry in interstellar clouds as well as of atmospheres, like the one of Titan, one of the moons of Saturn, which was recently visited by the spacecraft Cassini.

Dissociative recombination of the deuterated acetaldehyde ion, CD3CDO+: product branching fractions, absolute cross sections and thermal rate coefficient

Dissociative recombination of the deuterated acetaldehyde ion CD3CDO(+) has been studied at the heavy-ion storage ring CRYRING, located at the Manne Siegbahn Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden. Product branching fractions together with absolute DR cross-sections were measured. The branching fractions were determined at a relative collision energy between the ions and the electrons of approximately 0 eV. With a probability of 34% the DR events resulted in no ruptures of bonds between heavy atoms (i.e. no breakage of the C-C bond or the C[double bond, length as m-dash]O bond). In the remaining 66% of the events one of the bonds between the heavy atoms was broken. The energy-dependent cross-section for the DR reaction was measured between approximately 0 and 1 eV relative kinetic energy. In the energy region between 1 meV and 0.2 eV the absolute cross section could be fitted by the expression sigma(E) = 6.8 x 10(-16)E(-1.28) cm(2), whereas in the energy interval between 0.2 and 1 eV the data were best fitted by sigma(E) = 4.1 x 10(-16)E(-1.60) cm(2). From these cross section data the thermal rate coefficient (as a function of the electron temperature), alpha(T) = 9.2 x 10(-7) (T/300)(-0.72) cm(3) s(-1) was obtained.

Laser induced fluorescence of TiD: analysis of the B4Γ–X4Φ transition

A titanium hollow cathode lamp in combination with a dye laser and a monochromator has been used to resolve the laser-induced fluorescence of the TiD molecule. This has enabled the extension of the earlier rotational analysis of the (0,0) band of the B4Γ–X4Φ transition. In addition, the (1,1) band and part of the (2,2) band have been observed and analyzed. All earlier works on the TiD and TiH molecules concern the (0,0) band. The present work is the first to report experimentally determined equilibrium constants for TiD. For the ground state X4Φ the principal parameters are (in cm−1) Ae=33.075, Be=2.7804, De=6.819×10−5 and α e=0.0466. By using the isotope relationships the corresponding equilibrium parameters for the TiH molecule are given.

Experimental investigation of electron impact on Si{sub 2}{sup -}

A merged beams technique has been used to investigate collisions between electrons and

Dissociative recombination of CH{sub 5}{sup +} and CD{sub 5}{sup +}: Measurement of the product branching fractions and the absolute cross sections, and the breakup dynamics in the CH{sub 3}+H+H product channel

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Experimental Studies of (HCO+)-C-13 Recombining with Electrons at Energies between 2-50 000 meV

ions over a relative kinetic energy range of 0\char21{}210 eV. Absolute cross sections for pure electron detachment, detachment plus dissociation, and dissociation involving atomic and ionic products were measured. The dominant process over the energy range studied is pure electron detachment. A search for a resonance associated with a

Experimental investigation of electron impact on Si2

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The cross-section and branching fractions for dissociative recombination of the diacetylene cation C4D2+

dianion was made but none was observed.