Atoms (Nov 2024)

Mutual Neutralization in Collisions of Li<sup>+</sup> with O<sup>−</sup>

  • Åsa Larson,
  • Ann E. Orel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms12120061
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 12
p. 61

Abstract

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The total and differential cross-sections and final state distribution for mutual neutralization in collisions of Li+ with O− were calculated using an ab initio quantum mechanical approach based on potential energy curves and non-adiabatic coupling elements computed with the multi-reference configuration interaction method. The final state distributions favored channels with excited oxygen states, indicating a strong effect of electron correlation, and the electron transfer could not be described by a simple one-electron exchange process.

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