Interference in dissociative attachment cross sections of H2around 14 eV

Abstract
Interference structure has been observed in the differential cross section of H- formation in H2 through the dissociative electron attachment process with an onset at 13.92 eV. This structure is spaced at intervals of 0.2 eV and is attributed to predissociation of a bound state. The proposed predissociation mechanism implies the breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation and involves rotational coupling and a two-step process between the bound and dissociating state.

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