Radiative charge transfer lifetime of the excited state of (NaCa)$^+$

Details Radiative charge transfer lifetime of the excited state of (NaCa)$^+$ Radiative charge transfer lifetime of the excited state of (NaCa)$^+$

2002-09-20

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0209077v2

Physics

Atomic Physics

4 pages, 5 figures; v.2 - conceptual changes

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.67.042705

New experiments were proposed recently to investigate the regime of cold atomic and molecular ion-atom collision processes in a special hybrid neutral-atom--ion trap under high vacuum conditions. The collisional cooling of laser pre-cooled Ca$^+$ ions by ultracold Na atoms is being studied. Modeling this process requires knowledge of the radiative lifetime of the excited singlet A$^1\Sigma^+$ state of the (NaCa)$^+$ molecular system. We calculate the rate coefficient for radiative charge transfer using a semiclassical approach. The dipole radial matrix elements between the ground and the excited states, and the potential curves were calculated using Complete Active Space Self-Consistent field and M\"oller-Plesset second order perturbation theory (CASSCF/MP2) with an extended Gaussian basis, 6-311+G(3df). The semiclassical charge transfer rate coefficient was averaged over a thermal Maxwellian distribution. In addition we also present elastic collision cross sections and the spin-exchange cross section. The rate coefficient for charge transfer was found to be $2.3\times 10^{-16}$ cm$^3$/sec, while those for the elastic and spin-exchange cross sections were found to be several orders of magnitude higher ($1.1\times 10^{-8}$ cm$^3$/sec and $2.3\times 10^{-9}$ cm$^3$/sec, respectively). This confirms our assumption that the milli-Kelvin regime of collisional cooling of calcium ions by sodium atoms is favorable with the respect to low loss of calcium ions due to the charge transfer.

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