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Phys. Rev. A 59, 3569–3575 (1999)

Theoretical treatment of electron-capture processes in ion-molecule collisions: B3++H2 as a test case

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M. C. Bacchus-Montabonel
Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Ionique et Moléculaire (UMR 5579), CNRS et Université Lyon I 43, Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France

Received 6 November 1998; published in the issue dated May 1999

Ab initio potential-energy curves and coupling matrix elements of the molecular states involved in the collision of the B3+(1S) multicharged ion on molecular hydrogen have been determined by means of configuration-interaction methods. The total and partial electron-capture cross sections have been evaluated in the frame of a semiclassical approach in the 10–170-keV laboratory energy range. Anisotropy and vibrational dependence have been examined, at both the molecular calculation and collision dynamics levels.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3569
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3569
PACS:
34.70.+e