Internal energy of CH+ produced by the C+(H2,H)CH+ reaction

The energy spectrum of CH+ from the reaction C+(H2,H)CH+ was measured with a tandem mass spectrometer with improved energy resolution as a function of projectile kinetic energy. These spectra indicate the presence of the three lowest electronic states of CH+ and product vibrational excitation was observed in favorable cases. The internal energy distribution in the CH+ product was in satisfactory agreement with published results of phase space theory calculations for this reaction.