Energy partitioning and isotope effects in the fragmentation of triatomic negative ions: Monte Carlo scheme for a classical trajectory study

Abstract

A simple molecular model is associated with an analytical semiempirical potential energy surface and a Wigner representation of the initial conditions of dissociation. This model is used to interpret some experimental data dealing with the dissociation of triatomic negative ions, i.e., the isotope effects and the partitioning of available energy between translational and internal energies of the recoiling fragments.