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

Abstract

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.