Charge transfer of multiply charged ions at thermal energies

Abstract

The charge transfer of ${\mathrm{N}}^{2+}$ and ${\mathrm{C}}^{3+}$ in collisions with atomic hydrogen at thermal energies is studied. Adiabatic molecular eigenfunctions, potential-energy surfaces, and nuclear coupling matrix elements are calculated, and a transformation is effected to a diabatic basis in terms of which the collision problems are solved. The emission characteristics of the spectrum resulting from charge transfer are presented.