Abstract
Close-coupling calculations have been carried out for ion-atom collisions to show that electron capture probabilities depend strongly on the magnetic quantum number of the initial target state ifthe quantization axis is chosen to be perpendicular to the scattering plane. In thenatural frame of reference, the probability for electron capture is largest form i=−l substates and decreases rapidly with increasingm i. This propensity rule is the result of the rotation of the electron cloud following the rotation of the internuclear axis during the collision.
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