Account of asymptotic couplings in collisional dynamics of H2 quasimolecule
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2687-153X-2026-7-3-131-136Keywords:
inelastic processes, nonadiabatic transitions, asymptotic couplings, mutual neutralization, cross sections, hydrogenAbstract
This work studies mutual neutralization processes in H– + H+ collisions using the reprojection method within the Born–Oppenheimer approach. This method enables nuclear dynamical calculations with non-vanishing radial couplings at large internuclear distances. Such calculations were performed for a mixed basis set of 1Σg and 1Σu molecular states with radial coupling matrix elements with analytically calculated asymptotic values. The partial mutual neutralization cross sections are calculated for a collision energy range from 0.001 to 100 eV.
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