Electron capture and excitation (de-excitation) processes in slow collisions of protons with excited helium, H+ + He*(1s, NL) --> H*(nl) + He+(1s) or --> H+ + He*(1 s, N'L'), are studied by using the close coupling of the states {N, n} = 2, 3, 4 within the approach described in a previous paper. At small collision velocities, 10(6) cm s(-1) < v < 5 x 10(7) cm s(-1), the cross sections for excitation(de-excitation) are very large, due to the importance of two-step transitions. The coupling of the states with different principal quantum numbers significantly increases the cross sections for electron capture at adiabatically small collision velocities.
Chibisov, M., Janev, RK., Urbain, X., & Brouillard, F. (2002). Electron capture and excitation in slow H+ + He*(n) collisions. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 35(24), 5081-5093. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/35/24/310 (Original work published 2002)