The interaction of H2D+ with thin solid foils and the detection of its structure

Abstract

The Interaction between molecular ion H2D+ and ultra-thin solid film is reported for the first time. The importance of H2D+ in the areas such as astrophysics is stated and the study on H2D+ of recent years is outlined. The formation mechanism for the H2D+ under laboratory conditions is also analysed. The structural pattern of H2D+ and the mean internuclear separation are determined using Coulomb explosion technique. Once again, the existence of wake effects in the interaction of molecular ions with solid is confirmed and three-body wake effect module is used to determine the geometric structure of H2D+. Finally, the unusual structure of the wake of energy spectrum for the heavier ions in the H2D+ Coulomb explosion is discussed.