Low-Energy Electron Capture in Collisions of C3+ with He
- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing
- Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal, Germany
- National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Japan
- ORNL
Charge transfer processes due to collisions of ground-state C{sup 3+}(1s{sup 2}2s {sup 2}S) ions with He atoms are studied using the quantum-mechanical molecular-orbital close-coupling method for energies in the range 10{sup -4}-2 x 10{sup 3} eV/u. The ab initio adiabatic potentials and radial couplings utilized in the calculations are obtained from the multireference single- and double-excitation configuration interaction approach. Total and state-selective single-electron capture cross sections and rate coefficients are calculated and compared with the available experimental and theoretical data. A good agreement is found between the measured cross sections and the present calculations. However, the previous calculations of total rate coefficients using the Landau-Zener model are one to two orders of magnitude smaller than the present results.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 964341
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review A, Vol. 80, Issue 2; ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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