If the protons are treated as distinguishable particles classical mechanics gives the asymptotic electron capture cross section in H + -H(1s) collisions to be proportional to the inverse cube of the impact energy just as does quantum mechanics and in addition gives almost the correct constant of proportionality.
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Bates et al. (1965) studied this question.
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