SEED AND ORGANISATION FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF MERGER REACTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MIGMACELL METHOD

摘要

A reaction chamber having an evacuated volume defined by a central plane and a central axis perpendicular thereto is associated with a magnetic field generator providing a field decreasing in strength with increasing radial distance from the central axis and increasing in strength with increasing distance from the central plane along the central axis and further with an accelerator which injects a molecular ion beam from the periphery of the volume into the vicinity of the center of the volume substantially coplanar with the central plane. The ion beam is conditioned prior to its injection into the volume to contain a population distribution of molecules in higher vibrational states than in the case of a normal population distribution whereby collisionless dissociation of the injected molecules is enhanced centrally in the volume due to the magnetic field configuration.