State-resolved Photodissociation and Radiative Association Data for the Molecular Hydrogen Ion

We present state-resolved (electronic, vibrational, and rotational) cross sections and rate coefficients for the photodissociation (PD) of H 2 + and radiative association (RA) of H-H + . We developed a fully quantum mechanical approach within the nonrelativistic Born-Oppenheimer approximation to des...

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Main Authors: Zammit, M., Savage, J., Colgan, J., Fursa, Dmitry, Kilcrease, D., Bray, Igor, Fontes, C., Hakel, P., Timmermans, E.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/60527
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author Zammit, M.
Savage, J.
Colgan, J.
Fursa, Dmitry
Kilcrease, D.
Bray, Igor
Fontes, C.
Hakel, P.
Timmermans, E.
author_facet Zammit, M.
Savage, J.
Colgan, J.
Fursa, Dmitry
Kilcrease, D.
Bray, Igor
Fontes, C.
Hakel, P.
Timmermans, E.
author_sort Zammit, M.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description We present state-resolved (electronic, vibrational, and rotational) cross sections and rate coefficients for the photodissociation (PD) of H 2 + and radiative association (RA) of H-H + . We developed a fully quantum mechanical approach within the nonrelativistic Born-Oppenheimer approximation to describe H 2 + and calculate the data for transitions between the ground electronic state 1ss g and the 2ps u , 2pp u , 3ps u , 3pp u , 4ps u , 4fs u , 4fp u , and 4pp u electronic states (i.e., up to H 2 + n = 4). Tables of the dipole-matrix elements and energies needed to calculate stateresolved cross sections and rate coefficients will be made publicly available. These data could be important in astrophysical models when dealing with photon wavelengths (or radiation temperature distributions that are weighted toward such wavelengths) around 100 nm. For example, at these wavelengths and a material temperature of 8400 K, the LTE-averaged PD cross section via the (second electronically excited) 2pp u state is over three times larger than the PD cross section via the (first electronically excited) 2ps u state.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-605272018-04-16T02:00:39Z State-resolved Photodissociation and Radiative Association Data for the Molecular Hydrogen Ion Zammit, M. Savage, J. Colgan, J. Fursa, Dmitry Kilcrease, D. Bray, Igor Fontes, C. Hakel, P. Timmermans, E. We present state-resolved (electronic, vibrational, and rotational) cross sections and rate coefficients for the photodissociation (PD) of H 2 + and radiative association (RA) of H-H + . We developed a fully quantum mechanical approach within the nonrelativistic Born-Oppenheimer approximation to describe H 2 + and calculate the data for transitions between the ground electronic state 1ss g and the 2ps u , 2pp u , 3ps u , 3pp u , 4ps u , 4fs u , 4fp u , and 4pp u electronic states (i.e., up to H 2 + n = 4). Tables of the dipole-matrix elements and energies needed to calculate stateresolved cross sections and rate coefficients will be made publicly available. These data could be important in astrophysical models when dealing with photon wavelengths (or radiation temperature distributions that are weighted toward such wavelengths) around 100 nm. For example, at these wavelengths and a material temperature of 8400 K, the LTE-averaged PD cross section via the (second electronically excited) 2pp u state is over three times larger than the PD cross section via the (first electronically excited) 2ps u state. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/60527 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9712 Institute of Physics Publishing fulltext
spellingShingle Zammit, M.
Savage, J.
Colgan, J.
Fursa, Dmitry
Kilcrease, D.
Bray, Igor
Fontes, C.
Hakel, P.
Timmermans, E.
State-resolved Photodissociation and Radiative Association Data for the Molecular Hydrogen Ion
title State-resolved Photodissociation and Radiative Association Data for the Molecular Hydrogen Ion
title_full State-resolved Photodissociation and Radiative Association Data for the Molecular Hydrogen Ion
title_fullStr State-resolved Photodissociation and Radiative Association Data for the Molecular Hydrogen Ion
title_full_unstemmed State-resolved Photodissociation and Radiative Association Data for the Molecular Hydrogen Ion
title_short State-resolved Photodissociation and Radiative Association Data for the Molecular Hydrogen Ion
title_sort state-resolved photodissociation and radiative association data for the molecular hydrogen ion
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/60527