CO Dissociation Induced by 1 keV/u Ar2+ Ion

• Published in: Atoms Vol. 12; no. 10; p. 53
• Main Authors: Zhang, Chijun, Zhang, Ruitian, Zhang, Shaofeng, Ma, Xinwen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2024
• Subjects: Autoionization; CO dissociation; COLTRIMS; Cosmic rays; Efficiency; Electron capture; Energy; Heavy ions; Investigations; Kinetic energy; kinetic energy release; metastable states; Molecular clouds; Recoil ions; Spectrum analysis

CO is one of the important molecules in dense molecular clouds, and its dissociation induced by cosmic ray heavy ions is a fundamental process for molecular breaking up and rearrangement in astronomical networks. Extensive laboratory simulations are required to understand molecular evolution in astr...