Final Program, 222nd ACS National Meeting --Chicago, Illinois-- August 26-30, 2001

 

Symposium on the Dissociative Recombination of Molecules with Electrons

 

MONDAY MORNING, August 27, 2001

 

Ionization

S. L. Guberman, Organizer

M. R. Flannery, Presiding

8:05 C Introductory Remarks.

8:20 C 62. State-selected associative ionization as a probe of the molecular dissociative channels. X. Urbain

9:00 C 63. Associative ionization with cold atoms. O. Dulieu

9:20 C 64. Molecular autoionization and predissociation as "Inverse" dissociative recombination. R. N. Zare, I. M. Konen, R. Zhao

10:00 C Intermission.

10:20 C 65. Mode-dependent vibrational autoionization in ammonia. S. T. Pratt, J. A. Bacon, C. A. Raptis

11:00 C 66. Impulsive photodissociation dynamics. R. Kosloff

11:30 C 67. Dissociative recombination of slow electrons and molecular oxygen ions in the strong laser field. M. G. Golubkov, G. V. Golubkov, A. N. Romanov

 

MONDAY AFTERNOON

 

Molecular dissociation dynamics

 

A. F. Wagner, Presiding

1:40 C 90. Dynamics of three-body dissociative recombination of dihydrides. S. Datz, C. R. Vane, R. Thomas, S. Rosén, M. Larsson, W. van der Zande

2:20 C 91. Photodissociation and unimolecular dissociation of molecules. R. Schinke

3:00 C 92. Three body kinematical correlation in the dissociative recombination of H₃⁺ . D. Zajfman, D., Strasser, L. Lammich, S. Krohn, M. Lange, H. Kreckel, J. Levin, D. Schwalm, A. Wolf

3:40 C Intermission.

4:00 C 93. Molecular photodissociation and dissociative recombination. G. G. Balint-Kurti, J. N. Harvey, A. Brown

4:40 C 94. Electronic accessibility of product channels in photodissociation: Implications for dissociative recombination processes. L. J. Butler

 

 

MONDAY EVENING

Sci-Mix

R. M. Stratt, Presiding

8:00 - 10:00

 

TUESDAY MORNING

 

Theory

S. L. Guberman, Organizer, Presiding

8:20 C 119. Wave packet studies of dissociative recombination. A. E. Orel

9:00 C 120. Stark mixing in dissociative recombination. M. R. Flannery, D. Vrinceanu

9:40 C 121. Analytical treatment of the K-matrix integral equation. H. Nakamura

10:20 C Intermission.

10:40 C 122. Extension of the quantum defect theory and its application to electron and molecular ion collisions. H. Takagi

11:20 C 123. Channel mixing effects in dissociative recombination and related processes. I. F. Schneider, A. Suzor-Weiner

 

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

 

Storage Rings

E. Herbst, Presiding

1:40 C 147. Studies of electron-molecular ion dissociative recombination using ion storage rings. M.Larsson

2:20 C 148. Dissociative recombination of atmospherically relevant ions. W. J. van der Zande

3:00 C 149. An electrostatic storage ring for the research of electron-ion collisions at KEK. T. Tanabe, K. Chida, K. Noda, I. Watanabe

3:20 C 150. Dissociative recombination of vibrationally excited levels of O₂⁺ . P. C. Cosby, J. R. Peterson, D. L. Huestis

3:40 C Intermission.

4:00 C 151. Electron collision studies on CN⁺ , HCN⁺ /HNC⁺ , CN^- and C₄^- A. Le Padellec

4:40 C 152. Electron induced vibrational cooling of the hydrogen molecular ions H₂⁺ and D₂⁺

S .Krohn, H. Kreckel, L. Lammich, M. Lange, D. Schwalm, D. Strasser, A. Wolf, D. Zajfman

 

 

WEDNESDAY MORNING, August 29, 2001

 

Astrophysics and Ionospheres

N. Adams, Presiding

8:20 C 176. Dissociative recombination in planetary and cometary aeronomy. T. E. Cravens

9:00 C 177. Dissociative recombination in interstellar clouds. E. Herbst

9:40 C 178. Dissociative recombination and deuterium fractionation in interstellar clouds. E. M. Roueff

10:20 C Intermission.

10:40 C 179. Absolute cross sections for state-selected reactions of O⁺ ( ⁴S, ² D, ²P) C. Ng

11:20 C 180. Great enhancements in dissociative electron attachment to chlorine-containing molecules adsorbed on H₂O/NH₃ ice. Q. Lu, L. Sanche

11:40 C 181. Electronic dissociative recombination of an ion of astrophysical interest : Quantum chemical calculations. D. Talbi

 

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, August 29, 2001

 

Dissociative Recombination of H₃⁺

S. L. Guberman, Organizer, Presiding

1:40 C 199. Help!!! Theory for H₃⁺ recombination badly needed T. Oka

2:20 C 200. Importance of Jahn-Teller coupling in the dissociative recombination of H₃⁺ by low energy electrons. C. H. Greene, V. Kokoouline, B. D. Esry

3:00 C 201. Branching ratio in the dissociative recombination of polyatomic ions. D. Strasser, J. Levin, H. B. Petersen, O. Heber, A. Wolf, D. Schwalm, D. Zajfman

3:20 C 202. Quantum dynamical study of H₃⁺ recombination. M. Tashiro, S. Kato

3:40 C Intermission.

4:00 C 203. Coupling bound states to continua in neutral triatomic hydrogen. H. Helm

4:40 C 204. Recombination of H₃⁺ and D₃⁺ with electrons: Low limit of the recombination rate coefficient. J. Glosik, R. Plasil, V. Poterya, P. Kudrna, M. Tichy, A. Pysanenko

 

WEDNESDAY EVENING, August 29, 2001

 

Physical Chemistry Poster Session

R. M. Stratt, Organizer, Presiding

Dissociative Recombination Posters

229. Dissociative recombination of NO⁺ . A. Petrignani, F. Hellberg, S. Rosen, R. Thomas, A. Neau, M. Larsson, W. van der Zande

230. Dissociative recombination of protonated dimer ions. J. Glosik, R. Plasil, P. Zakouril, V. Poterya

231. Electron collisions on C₄^- : Detachment and dissociation. A. Le Padellec, F. Rabilloud, D. Pegg, K. Andersson, D. Hanstorp, A. Neau, M. Larsson, F. Hellberg, R. Thomas

234. Investigating the three-body fragmentation dynamics of triatomic molecules using dissociative recombination and theoretical calculations. R. D. Thomas, S. Rosén, A. M. Derkatch, F. Hellberg, M. Larsson, S. Datz, R. N. Dixon, W. J. van der Zande

238. Merged beam studies of the associative ionization process. A. Le Padellec, X. Urbain,T. Nzeyimana, E. Naji

253. Enigma of H₃⁺ in diffuse interstellar clouds. B. J. McCall, T. Oka

281. Ab initio calculations for the three-body C₂ + H + H dissociative channel of acetylene. A. M. Derkatch, B. F. Minaev, M. Larsson

 

 

THURSDAY MORNING

 

Afterglow Experiments

R. Johnsen, Presiding

8:20 C 375. Dissociative recombination of electrons and ions: The early experiments. M. A. Biondi

9:00 C 376. Optical spectroscopy of recombining ions in flowing afterglow plasmas. R. Johnsen

9:40 C 377. Technique for distinguishing and determining the origin of photon emissions from He⁺/Ar⁺ plasmas: Recombination emission with addition of OCS, CS₂ and H₂S N. G. Adams, T. Mostefaoui, L.M. Babcock

10:20 C Intermission.

10:40 C 378. Reactions of electrons with hydrocarbon cations: From linear alkanes to aromatic species. C. Rebrion-Rowe

11:20 C 379. Dissociative recombination of Xe₂⁺ and XeH⁺ . J. B. A. Mitchell, R. H. Lipson

11:40 C 380. Dissociative recombination of the helium molecular ion. K. Hardy

 

 

THURSDAY AFTERNOON

 

Electron Attachment

A. Orel, Presiding

1:40 C 396. Advances in the calculation of electron affinities. T. H. Dunning, T. van Mourik, K. A. Peterson

2:20 C 397. Dissociative electron attachment in gas and condensed phases. I. I. Fabrikant

3:00 C 398. Dissociative electron attachment at low temperatures with molecules and clusters.             B. R. Rowe

3:20 C 399. Chiral recognition via excess electron attachment to the 1,3-butandiol/2-butanol complex: Ab initio study A. F. Jalbout, L. Adamowicz

3:40 C Intermission.

4:00 C Panel Discussion.

5:00 C Concluding Remarks.