Population of ground and lowest excited states of sulfur via the dissociative recombination of SH+ in the diffuse interstellar medium

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 522; no. 2; pp. 2259 - 2266
• Main Authors: Boffelli, J, Gauchet, F, Kashinski, D O, Talbi, D, Hickman, A P, Chakrabarti, K, Bron, E, Orbán, A, Mezei, J Zs, Schneider, I F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 21-04-2023; Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A
• Subjects: Astrophysics; Chemical Sciences; or physical chemistry; Physics; Theoretical and; molecular processes; scattering; ISM: molecules; astrochemistry; ISM: kinematics and dynamics
• ISSN: 0035-8711; 1365-2966
• DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1065

ABSTRACT
Our previous study on dissociative recombination of ground state SH+ through 2Π states of SH is extended by taking into account the contribution of 4Π states recently explored by quantum chemistry methods. Multichannel quantum defect theory is employed for the computation of cross sections and rate coefficients for dissociative recombination, but also for vibrational excitation. Furthermore, we produce the atomic yields resulting from recombination, quantifying the generation of sulfur atoms in their ground (3P) and lowest excited (1D) states, respectively.