Competition between single and double electron transfer in collisions of doubly charged molecular pyrrole ions with neutral pyrrole molecules

Abstract

Cross-sections have been determined for one- and two-electron transfer channels in the collisions of keV gas-phase doubly charged pyrrole ions with pyrrole molecules. Measured single and double electron transfer total cross-sections approximate 45 Å 2 and 15 Å 2, respectively. A combination of symmetric resonance charge exchange and multistate curve-crossing models has been invoked to describe these reactions.