Selection rules and isotope effects in the full fragmentation of the hydrogen molecule

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Aug 21;85(8):1630-3. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1630.

Abstract

Selection rules predicting zeros in cross sections for full fragmentation of the hydrogen molecule into specific momentum configurations are presented. Isotope effects are predicted to arise from these selection rules and from the correlated motion of nuclei and electrons in the final state.