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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…
The matrix elements and energies needed to calculate vibrational-rotational state resolved cross sections and rate coefficients for radiative association of H and p and for photodissociation of H${}_2^+$ are presented for applications to…
The radiative association of C(${}^3P$) and H${}^+$ is investigated by calculating cross sections for photon emission into bound ro-vibrational states of CH${}^+$ from the vibrational continua of initial triplet d$\,{}^3\Pi$ or…
Photodissociation cross sections for the SH$^+$ radical are computed from all rovibrational (RV) levels of the ground electronic state X$~^3\Sigma^-$ for wavelengths from threshold to 500~\AA. The five electronic transitions, $2~ ^3\Sigma^-…
Accurate photodissociation cross sections have been obtained for the A-X electronic transition of HeH+ using ab initio potential curves and dipole transition moments. Partial cross sections have been evaluated for all rotational transitions…
Accurate photodissociation cross sections have been computed for transitions from the X $^1\Sigma^+$ ground electronic state of CS to six low-lying excited electronic states. New ab initio potential curves and transition dipole moment…
We present a new theoretical method to treat the atom diatom radiative association within a time independent approach. This method is an adaptation of the driven equations method developed for photodissociation. The bound states energies…
Radiative association and photodissociation rates are calculated for quadrupole transitions of H2. A complete set of bound and unbound states are included in a self-consistent master equation to obtain steady-state concentrations for a…
Aims. Following the recent detection of 36ArH+ in the Crab nebula spectrum, we have computed the photodissociation rate of ArH+ in order to constrain the physical processes at work in this environment. Methods. Photodissociation cross…
Photodissociation is the dominant removal process of molecules in any region exposed to intense ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This includes diffuse and translucent interstellar clouds, dense photon-dominated regions, high velocity shocks, the…
The photodissociation cross section of the molecular ion HeH$^+$ was calculated within the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for a parallel, a perpendicular, and an isotropic orientation of the molecular axis with respect to the field,…
Total and partial cross sections for breakup of ground rovibronic state of H$_2^+$by photon impact are calculated using the exact nonadiabatic nonrelativistic Hamiltonian without approximation. The converged results span six orders of…
Radiative association processes leading to the formation of AgH in cold astrophysical environments are investigated for the first time using full quantum scattering theory. High accuracy potential energy curves and transition dipole moments…
Photodissociation by ultraviolet radiation is the key destruction pathway for CS in photon-dominated regions, such as diffuse clouds. However, the large uncertainties of photodissociation cross sections and rates of CS, resulting from a…
The photodissociation dynamics of N$_3^+$ excited from its $^3 \Sigma_{\rm g}^{-}$ ground to the first excited singlet and triplet states is investigated. Three dimensional potential energy surfaces for the $^1$A$'$, $^1$A$''$, and $^3$A$'$…
We investigate the dynamics of the photodissociation of the hydrohelium cation HeH$^+$ by XUV radiation with the aim to establish a detailed comparison with a recent experimental work carried out at the FLASH free electron laser using both…
Photodissociation is one of the main destruction pathways for dicarbon (C$_{2}$) in astronomical environments such as diffuse interstellar clouds, yet the accuracy of modern astrochemical models is limited by a lack of accurate…
Experiments are conducted to investigate the role of the avoided crossing seam in the photodissociation of H$_3^+$. Three-dimensional imaging of dissociation products is used to determine the kinetic energy release and branching ratio among…
The predissociation dynamics of the vibrationless level of the first Rydberg state 6s (B 2E) state of CH3I has been studied by femtosecond-resolved velocity map imaging of both the CH3 and I photofragments. The kinetic energy distributions…
State-by-state cross sections for dissociative electron attachment and electron-impact dissociation for molecular oxygen are computed using ab initio resonance curves calculated with the R-matrix method. When O2 is in its vibrational ground…