Development and evaluation of a multielectronic-multicenter classical trajectory Monte Carlo model in charge exchange processes involving collisions of multiply charged ions and CO

N. D. CARIATORE; S. OTRANTO

PHYSICAL REVIEW A - ATOMIC, MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS

AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Lugar: New York; Año: 2013 vol. 88 p. 127141 - 127147

1050-2947

A many-electron?multicenter classical-trajectory Monte Carlo model is developed and tested in chargeexchange studies involving projectiles with charges from +3 to +10 and the CO molecule. The present model is contrasted against simpler single-center and independent-atom approaches. Total and state-selective charge-exchange cross sections are presented and are compared to recent data from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where available.