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A new study led by an international team of researchers, including one of our university’s faculty members, Giorgi Veshapidze, has revealed an unexpected mechanism of molecular fragmentation. The research shows that when diiodoacetylene molecules break apart after being hit by highly charged argon ions, the carbon and iodine ions tend to move in perpendicular directions — defying the usual expectation that fragments from a linear molecule would align.

Conducted in collaboration with leading institutions in Japan and India, the study used advanced experimental techniques to investigate how molecules break apart when exposed to high-charge ion collisions.

This discovery provides fresh insights into molecular physics and enhances our understanding of ion-molecule interactions.

For more details and to read the full article, visit the journal’s website: https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.111.032819

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