Dissociative recombination and rotational transitions of D-2(+) in collisions with slow electrons

Rate coefficients for dissociative recombination and state-to-state rotational transitions of the D-2(+) ion induced by collisions with very low-energy electrons have been reported following our previous studies on HD+ and H-2(+). The same molecular structure data sets, excitations (N-i(+) -> N-f(+) = N-i(+) + 2 for N-i(+) = 0 to 10) and de-excitations (N-i(+) -> N-f(+) = N-i(+) - 2, for N-i(+) = 2 to 10) were used for collision energies ranging from 0.01 meV to 0.3 eV. Isotopic effects for dissociative recombination and rotational transitions of the vibrationally relaxed targets are presented.