State-selective electron capture in collisions of ground and metastableN2+ions withH(1s)

Abstract

An ab initio calculation of the electron capture cross sections for collisions of ground and metastable states of O2+ with H(1s) is presented. For impact energies between 0.125 and 3.4 keV amu−1, we find good agreement between the cross sections from the ground state ion with the mixed beam experimental data of Phaneuf et al (Phaneuf A, Alvarez I, Meyer F W and Crandall D H 1982 Phys. Rev. A 26 1892).