New method to study ion-molecule reactions at low temperatures and application to the H${}_2^{+}$ + H${}_2$ $\to$ H${}_3^{+}$ + H reaction

Pitt Allmendinger, Johannes Deiglmayr, Otto Schullian +4

Studies of ion-molecule reactions at low temperatures are difficult because stray electric fields in the reaction volume affect the kinetic energy of charged reaction partners. We…