Target electron removal in C5+ + H collision

Abstract

We present target ionization and charge exchange cross sections in a collision between C5+ ion and H atom. We treat the collision dynamics classically using a four-body classical trajectory Monte Carlo (CTMC) and a four-body quasi-classical Monte Carlo (QCTMC) model when the Heisenberg correction term is added to the standard CTMC model via model potential. The calculations were performed in the projectile energy range between 1.0 keV/amu and 10 MeV/amu. We found that the cross sections obtained by the QCTMC model are higher than that of the cross sections calculated by the standard CTMC model and these cross sections are closer to the previous experimental and theoretical data. Moreover, for the case of ionization, we show that the interaction between the projectile and the target electrons plays a dominant role in the enhancement of the cross sections at lower energies.