Fig. 3: Potential energy curves relevant to the \({{{\rm{O}}}}_{2}^{+}\) + O− MN reaction. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Potential energy curves relevant to the \({{{\rm{O}}}}_{2}^{+}\) + O− MN reaction.

From: Vibrationally-dependent molecular dynamics in mutual neutralisation reactions of molecular oxygen ions

Fig. 3: Potential energy curves relevant to the $${{{\rm{O}}}}_{2}^{+}$$ O 2 + + O− MN reaction.

a 3sσg Rydberg states in O2. b 3pλu Rydberg states in O2. Data are adapted from van der Zande et al.41 and Morrill et al.42. The \({{{\rm{O}}}}_{2}^{+}\) potential has been shifted by the electron affinity (EA) of O to illustrate the kinetic energies \({E}_{{{{\rm{K}}}}_{{{\rm{i}}}}}\) and \({E}_{{{{\rm{K}}}}_{{{\rm{f}}}}}\) in the two-step process for the reaction \({{{\rm{O}}}}_{2}^{+}(v=2)+{{{\rm{O}}}}^{-}\to {{{\rm{O}}}}_{2}^{*}(v=2)\) + O(3P) + \({E}_{{{{\rm{K}}}}_{{{\rm{i}}}}}\to\) O(1D) + O(3P) + O(3P) + \({E}_{{{{\rm{K}}}}_{{{\rm{f}}}}}\), as an example.

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