Abstract
Ionization of one-electron heavy ion projectiles in collisions with molecular hydrogen is usually treated as collisions with two free hydrogen atoms. An approach is proposed here to solve this six-body problem within the framework of Born theory taking full consideration of the molecular properties of H 2, such as wave function and orientation of molecular axis. For C 5+ collisions on H 2, the obtained cross sections as a function of molecular orientation show interference patterns typical of two-center scattering. Orientation-averaged total cross sections for H 2 are found to be essentially the same as for 2H, in agreement with recent experiment.
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