Rate constants and branching ratios for the dissociative recombination of CO2+

• The calculation of rate constants and branching ratios was carried out to study the dissociative recombination of CO2+. The recombination of CO2+ is significant in the atmospheres of Venus and Mars. Rate constants and cross sections were studied by ramping the electron beam around a center-of-mass energy of 0 eV. The results of the study confirms that all the recombination of CO2+ results in a simple bondbreaking to form CO plus O. The rate constants show good agreement with measurements at 300 K and the electron energy dependence is identical to storage ring results.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Chemical bonds

Dissociation

Electron beams

Energy absorption

Extraterrestrial atmospheres

Planets

Rate constants

Physics

Fysik

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art (subject category)