Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2011
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The Molecular Universe, Posters from the proceedings of the 280th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Tole
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Data on charge exchange mechanism between ions and neutral atoms or molecules are central to the interpretation of measurements of the chemical composition in several astrophysical environments. In this work, we study the charge transfer process in collisions of H with He^+ or He2+ ions at energies between 0.1 and 200 eV/amu. To calculate the cross section for these reactions, we use a quantal method which consists in a combination of ab initio and wave packet propagat ion methods, and compare our results with the use of the semi-classical eikonal method. We consider in particular the isotope effect that arises when hydrogen is replaced by deuterium or tritium. Indeed, it was demonstrated using semi-classical methods that the isotope effect could be important at energies as high as 100 eV/amu. This large isotopic effect would contradict the commun knowledge that hydrogen, deuterium and tritium could be interchangeable in charge exchange processes above 1 eV/amu.
Loreau J.
Ryabchenko S.
Vaeck N.
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