Dissociative recombination of NO+: calculations and comparison with experiment

Multichannel quantum defect calculations for NO + dissociative recombination (DR) for electron energies from threshold to 8 eV are presented. The calculations use electronic energies and autoionization widths of valence states obtained from ab initio R-matrix calculations with the corresponding potential curves calibrated using available spectroscopic data. Six valence states open to dissociation are included in the final calculations. Excellent agreement with the measured cross sections is obtained for the low-energy DR, up to 3 eV and, for the first time, the peak observed in the cross section at high energy is accounted for. The importance of the various dissociative states at different electron energies, as well as the direct and indirect processes, is discussed. Compared to previous theoretical studies, the inclusion of a third dissociative state of 2 � symmetry and the larger autoionization width of the B� 2� state are found to be particularly important for the agreement with experiment. (Some figures in this article are in colour only in the electronic version; see www.iop.org)

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