title THREEBODY BREAKUP OF LASER-EXCITED TRIATOMIC HYDROGEN MOLECULES
authors U. M\"uller, M. Beckert, M. Braun, and H. Helm
affiliation Fakult\"at f\"ur Physik, Universit\"at Freiburg,
Hermann-Herder-Str. 3, D-79104 Freiburg
summary
We investigate the laser-photofragmentation of H3 molecules in a fast-beam
experiment. Neutral fragments are detected in coincidence by a time- and
position-sensitive multihit-detector. The decay into H+H2 is analyzed and
the results are compared to quantum molecular dynamics calculation. Triple
coincidences from breakup into three H(1s) fragments have been detected for
the first time. We find strong correlations in the six-fold differential
cross section of the fragment momentum vectors.