Wednesday, January 16, 2013

1301.3074 (J. Loreau et al.)

Photodissociation and radiative association of HeH+ in the metastable triplet state    [PDF]

J. Loreau, S. Vranckx, M. Desouter-Lecomte, N. Vaeck, A. Dalgarno
We investigate the photodissociation of the metastable triplet state of HeH+ as well as its formation through the inverse process, radiative association. In models of astrophysical plasmas, HeH+ is assumed to be present only in the ground state, and the influence of the triplet state has not been explored. It may be formed by radiative association during collisions between a proton and metastable helium, which are present in significant concentrations in nebulae. The triplet state can also be formed by association of He+ and H, although this process is less likely to occur. We compute the cross sections and rate coefficients corresponding to the photodissociation of the triplet state by UV photons from a central star using a wave packet method. We show that the photodissociation cross sections depend strongly on the initial vibrational state and that the effects of excited electronic states and non-adiabatic couplings cannot be neglected. We then calculate the cross section and rate coefficient for the radiative association of HeH+ in the metastable triplet state.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.3074

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