Absolute cross-sections and kinetic-energy-release distributions for electron-impact ionization and dissociation of CD+ 2

Abstract

Absolute cross-sections have been measured for electron-impact dissociative excitation and ionization of CD +2 leading to formation of CD 2+2, CD+, C+, D +2 and D+. The animated crossed-beams method is applied in the energy range from the reaction threshold up to 2.5 keV. The maximum total cross-sections are found to be (1.2±0.1)×10-17 cm2, (6.1±0.7)×10-17 cm2, (6.4±0.7)×10-17 cm2, (26.3±3.8)×10-19 cm2 and (14.9±1.4)×10-17 cm2 for CD 2+2, CD+, C+, D +2 and D+ respectively. Individual contributions for dissociative excitation and dissociative ionization are determined for each singly-charged product, which are of significant interest in fusion plasma edge modelling and diagnostics. Conforming to the scheme recently applied in the CD +4 and in the CD +3 articles, the cross-sections are presented in closed analytic forms convenient for implementation in plasma simulation codes. Kinetic-energy-release distributions are determined for each ionic fragment at selected electron energies.