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Title: Ab initio molecular treatment for charge transfer by P{sup 3+} ions on hydrogen and helium

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Laboratoire de Spectrosopie Atomique, Moleculaire et Applications (LSAMA), Faculte des Sciences de Tunis, Universite Tunis El Manar, Campus Universitaire, TN-1060 Tunis (Tunisia)
  2. Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Ionique et Moleculaire, UMR 5579, CNRS et Universite Lyon I, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex (France)

A theoretical treatment of charge-transfer processes induced by collision of phosphorus P{sup 3+}(3s{sup 2}){sup 1}S ions on atomic hydrogen and helium has been carried out using ab initio potential-energy curves and couplings at the multireference configuration interaction level of theory. The cross sections calculated by means of semiclassical collision methods show the existence of a significant charge transfer in the 0.1-700-keV laboratory energy range. Radial and rotational coupling interactions were analyzed for both collision systems.

OSTI ID:
21408239
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.022713; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English