State-selective electron capture in collisions of ground and metastable N2+ ions with H(1s)

9 págs.; 12 figs.; 1 tab.; PACS number(s): 34.70.1e, 34.10.1xA calculation of the electron capture (EC) cross sections for collisions of metastable and ground states of nitrogen2+ ions with H(1s) was presented. The double translational energy spectroscopy technique facilitated the energy change spectrum in EC to be measured for an incident pure beam of ground state ions. It was found that the nuclear wave functions were derived by solving numerically the system of differential equations. It was observed that for impact energies 1 KeV, the impact parameter method was employed, where the nuclei followed straightline trajectories with constant relative velocity V and impact parameter b (R=b+vt). ©2004 The American Physical SocietyI.R. is grateful to the Spanish MCyT for a “Contrato Ramón y Cajal.” This work has been partially supported by DGICYT Projects No. BFM2000-0025 and FTN2000-0911.Peer Reviewe