Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 March 2011
We have investigated the dissociative recombination (DR) of theC6D6+and C6D7+ions using the CRYRING heavy-ion storage ring at Stockholm University,Sweden. Thedissociative recombination branching ratios were determined at minimal collision energy, showing that the DR of both ions was dominated by pathways keeping the carbon atomstogether in one product. The absolute reaction cross sections for the titular ions arebest fitted by σ(Ecm [eV]) = 1.3 ± 0.4 × 10-15(Ecm [eV])−1.19 ± 0.02 cm2(C6D6+)and σ(Ecm [eV]) = 1.1 ± 0.3 × 10-15(Ecm [eV])−1.33 ± 0.02 cm2(C6D7+)in the intervals 3-300 meV and 3-200 meV respectively. The thermal rate constants of thetitular reactions are best described by:k(T) = 1.3 ± 0.4 × 10-6(T/300)−0.69 ± 0.02cm3s-1 for C6D6+and k(T) = 2.0 ± 0.6 × 10-6 (T/300)−0.83 ± 0.02cm3s-1 for C6D7+.These expressions correlates well with earlier flowing afterglow studies on the sameprocess.