Electron capture and excitation in slow H+ + He*(n) collisions

Chibisov, MI;Janev, RK.;Urbain, Xavier;Brouillard, F.
(2002) Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics — Vol. 35, n° 24, p. 5081-5093 (2002)

Files

No attached file found for this publication.

Details

Authors
  • Chibisov, MIInstitute of Nuclear Fusion
    Author
  • Janev, RK.UCLouvain
    Author
  • Author
  • Brouillard, F.UCLouvain
    Author
Abstract
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.
Affiliations

Citations

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)