We measure the vibrational distribution of H2+ ions issued from charge transfer in H+ + H2 collisions to probe the details of the electron transfer mechanism from low to high impact energies. The experiments are accompanied by theoretical calculations. This joint experimental-theoretical study allows us to elicit the adequacy and accuracy of widely used assumptions in the description of molecular collisions.
Urbain, X., Andrianarijaona, V. M., De Ruette, N., Errea, L. F., Méndez, L., Rabadán, I., Fernández, L., & Pons, B. (2014). Resolving vibration in H+ + H2 charge transfer collisions. Journal of Physics Conference Series, 488(SECTION 10), 102009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/488/10/102009 (Original work published 2014)