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Vibrationally-dependent molecular dynamics in mutual neutralisation reactions of molecular oxygen ions
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4515-9691
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.ORCID iD: 0009-0001-7448-0030
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8184-4595
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Number of Authors: 122025 (English)In: Nature Communications, E-ISSN 2041-1723, Vol. 16, no 1, article id 8528Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Product distributions and dynamics of low-collision-energy mutual neutralisation reactions involving even simple molecular ions are largely unknown. Reactions which involve oxygen ions, e.g., O2+ with O−, are expected to be important in atmospheric phenomena such as sprites and in high-pressure air or oxygen discharges. Here we show, by combining cryogenically stored-and-merged ion beams with coincident product-imaging techniques, that the O2+ with O− mutual neutralisation reaction results predominantly in dissociation of the O2+ molecule. Three competing reaction pathways yields both O(3P) (84%) and O(1D) (16%) products, but no O(1S) products. Analysis of the momentum-correlated dynamics of the reaction reveals the dominance of two-step mechanisms involving the 3pλu and 3sσg Rydberg states of O2. Furthermore, use of the 16,18O2+ isotopologue shows that the reaction products strongly depend on the vibrational levels of the O2+ ion for the channel leading to two O(1D) products.

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2025. Vol. 16, no 1, article id 8528
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-247941DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64198-0ISI: 001582507700019PubMedID: 41006316Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105017415349OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-247941DiVA, id: diva2:2005609
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