Abstract
Recent measurements by Meyer et al. [Phys. Rev. A 32, 3310 (1985)] have revealed that the charge-transfer cross section for +H collisions is much larger than that for + collisions below 3 keV/amu, whereas the opposite trend is seen in the measured charge-transfer cross sections for on H and targets. These anomalous experimental findings have been investigated for the first time theoretically, using the traveling-molecular-orbital expansion approach, in the energy range from 0.14 to 9 keV/amu. Our qualitative argument based on adiabatic potentials and corresponding couplings as well as a five-state close-coupling calculation provides support for experimental findings.
- Received 3 March 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.33.4440
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