Coriolis coupling effects in time-dependent Hartree-Fock calculations of ion-atom collisions

Abstract

Effects on the collision dynamics due to the inclusion of the Coriolis term in the time-dependent Hartree-Fock Hamiltonian are investigated for the ${\mathrm{He}}^{2+}$ + He colliding system both at low and high incident energies. Whereas at low energies these effects are perturbative, Coriolis terms produce drastic reductions in charge-exchange cross sections at high energies.