  A qualitative model is proposed for a pair of atoms: oxygen and hydrogen in a
single-mode optical cavity, bound by one valence electron and immersed in a
thermal bath. The interaction of an electron with the cavity field depends on
the state of the nuclei, which, in turn, is determined by the temperature of
the phonon mode of the thermal bath. Computer simulation of the quantum
dynamics of such a system shows the stable nature of the formation of both a
stable molecular ion and a separate neutral oxygen atom and a positive hydrogen
ion.
