Near resonant charge transfer in the reaction F++CO→F+CO+

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Abstract
Charge transfer reactions in the F++CO system were investigated using a F+ ion beam in the energy range 10–300 eVlab. The electronically excited product CO+ (A 2Πi) was observed by the emission from the A→X transitions. At low collisional energy the dominant product is in the vibrational level v’=5. The reaction cross section σ(5) is about 1 Å2 at 12 eVc.m. and decreases with increasing collision energy. The large cross section at v’=5 can be interpreted by near resonant charge transfer reactions. The rotational temperature of the product is about 300 K, which is the temperature of the reactant CO gas. For the resonant charge transfer, the translational energy is not effective, but the electronic and vibrational energy couple with each other strongly.