Electric field dissociation of H-2(+): close-coupled scattering calculations

Close-coupling scattering calculations have been carried out to predict the magnitude of electric fields required to dissociate specific vibration-rot ation levels in H-2(+). Results for electric fields up to 40 kV cm(-1), whi ch may dissociate levels up to 25 cm(-1) below the dissociation limit, are presented. The results are used to simulate spectra which are compared with experimental spectra. A method for extracting the eigenphase sum from a co upled channel scattering calculation is described in the appendix and used in the calculations.