Interactions of Cs+with Cs+
- 28 April 1981
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 14 (8) , L279-L283
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/14/8/003
Abstract
Interaction energies for the X1 Sigma g+ ground state of Cs++Cs+ and the 1 Sigma g+ doubly excited state of Cs+*+Cs+* have been calculated using the self-consistent-field method. Molecular orbital energies are presented and used to interpret the charge-changing mechanisms for Cs++Cs+ collisions. The calculations indicate that a dominant low-energy mechanism in the charge-changing process is the formation of Cs++Cs2++e-. The energy threshold for this process is low, approximately 160 eV, and the cross section may be as large as 6*10-16 cm2.Keywords
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