Three-body breakup in the dissociative recombination of the covalent triatomic molecular ion O-3(+)

• We report the first observation of almost exclusive three-body breakup in the dissociative recombination of a covalent triatomic molecular ion O-3(+). The three-body channel, constituting about 94% of the total reactivity, has been investigated in detail. The atomic fragments are formed in only the first two electronic states, P-3 and D-1, while formation in the S-1 state has not been observed. The breakup predominantly proceeds through dissociative states with linear geometry.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

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

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Physics

Fysik

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