Dissociative recombination of (SO2+)-O-18 : Evidence for three-body breakup

• Branching ratios and absolute cross sections have been measured for the dissociative recombination of (SO2+)-O-18 using the CRYRING ion storage ring. The branching ratio of the (SO2+)-O-18 + e(-)-->(SO)-O-18+O-18 channel amounts to 61%, while the three-body breakup (SO2+)-O-18 + e(-)-->S+2(18)O accounts for the remaining 39% of the total reaction. The cross section of the reaction could be fitted by the expression sigma=(1.2+/-0.4)x10(-15) E-0.96+/-0.02 cm(2), which leads to a thermal reaction rate of k(T)=(4.6+/-0.2)x10(-7)(T/300 K)(-0.52+/-0.02) cm(3) mol(-1) s(-1).

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)

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astrochemistry

methods : laboratory

molecular data

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