Absolute measurements of electron capture cross sections of C3+ from atomic and molecular hydrogen

Abstract

Absolute measurements of single- and double-electron-capture cross sections by C3+ projectiles on atomic and molecular hydrogen targets were performed for projectile energies between 1.0 and 3.5 MeV for the single- and 1.0 and 2.0 MeV for the double-capture processes. The H/H2 cross section ratios were measured using an absolutely calibrated tungsten-tube furnace for the production of atomic hydrogen. The single-capture data are compared with calculations based on the boundary-corrected first Born approximation, the eikonal approximation and a semiclassical model, presenting a good overall agreement. Calculations for the double capture using an analytical expression, obtained within the independent electron approximation and based on the same semiclassical model, give a reasonable qualitative description of the data.