Institute of Nuclear and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu
610064, China; Institute of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Normal
University, Chengdu 610066, China
Abstract:
A new theoretical model of the triatomic molecular wake effect
is proposed and applied to molecular ions D3+ and
HD2+ while passing through a solid. The wake effects
resulting from the reactions of the two similar ions with thin carbon
foil are also investigated by using the Coulomb explosion technique. The
experimental results are in good agreement with theoretical
estimates and the molecular structure of HD2+ is
determined by using the model.