title: Resonant States of H3+ and D2H+.
abstract: Vibrational resonances for H(3) (+) and D(2)H(+), as well as H(3) (+) at J=3, are calculated using a complex absorbing potential (CAP) method with an automated procedure to find stability points in the complex plane. Two different CAP functional forms and different CAP extents are used to analyze the consistency of the results. Calculations are performed using discrete variable representation continuum basis elements calculated to high levels of accuracy by diagonalizing large, dense, Hamiltonian matrices. For D(2)H(+), two energy regions are analyzed: the one where D(2)+H(+) is the only dissociation product and the one where HD+D(+) can also be formed. Branching ratios are obtained in the latter case by using different CAPs. It is shown that H(3) (+) and D(2)H(+) support some narrow Feshbach-type resonances but that higher angular momentum states must be studied to model the pre-dissociation spectrum recorded by Carrington and co-workers [J. Chem. Phys. 98, 1073 (1993)].
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Bruno C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barletta
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tennyson