Charge transfer rate coefficients in collision of C2+ ions with CO and N2 molecular targets

Abstract

An ab initio molecular treatment of the charge transfer process in collision of C2+ ions with the isoelectronic CO and N2 targets has been performed. The corresponding rate coefficients in the 400–50000K temperature range are compared to recent measurements of Gao and Kwong at Tequiv=1.17×104K. A global satisfactory agreement is observed and some general behaviour may be deduced.