The present study of the interstellar formyl ion HCO/sup +/ is the first attempt to investigate dissociative recombination for a triatomic molecular ion using an entirely theoretical approach. We describe a number of fairly extensive electronic structure calculations that were performed to determine the reaction mechanism of the e-HCO/sup +/ process. Similar calculations for the isoelectronic ions HOC/sup +/ and HN/sub 2//sup +/ are in progress. 60 refs.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:ucrl-92919 E 1.99: conf-8407142-1 conf-8407142-1 ucrl-92919
Published through SciTech Connect. 07/02/1985. "ucrl-92919" " conf-8407142-1" "DE85017261" NATO advanced study institute on molecular astrophysics: state of the art and future directions, Garching, F.R. Germany, 1 Jul 1984. Hazi, A.U.; Kraemer, W.P. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik und Astrophysik, Garching (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Astrophysik