Theoretical study of the H 3 + ion dissociative recombination process
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We report recent developments in the theory of dissociative recombination of the H3 ion. The theory is able to explain the surprisingly large dissociative recombination rate observed in storage-ring experiments. We have found that the high rate is caused by Jahn-Teller coupling between the electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom. We compare two theoretical models: A simplified model and an improved one. The two models each produce a theoretical rate that is consistent with the storage-ring observations. The final theoretical dissociative recombination rate presented here accounts for several experimental details that are often not considered.
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