Excitation, ionization, and electron-capture processes in slow +H and + collisions
- 1 May 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 47 (5) , 3894-3912
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.47.3894
Abstract
Using the concept of hidden adiabatic energy crossings in the complex plane of internuclear distance, the collision dynamics in the system +H(n), n≤4 and +(n), n≤6 is studied. About 160 molecular states, coupled by 220 isolated (hidden-crossing) radial transitions and by the rotational transitions at R≃0 between the m states of (Nl) manifolds up to the N=10 united-atom principal quantum number, have been included in the calculations of the evolution matrix of the system. The calculated cross sections for transitions between the discrete states (excitation and electron capture), and from any of the considered discrete states to the continuum (ionization), are compared with other theoretical and experimental results where these are available.
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