Molecular-state studies of charge transfer in Li3+-H, Be4+-H and B5+-H collisions

The authors have performed molecular-state close-coupling calculations of charge transfer cross sections for collisions of the fully-stripped ions Li 3+ , Be 4+ and B 5+ with H(1s) atoms at low to intermediate projectile energies (1 to 15 keV amu -1 ). Translation factor effects were included using molecular-state switching functions as in previous studies. Calculations with basis sets of different sizes were done for each system to provide a rough estimate of convergence. The results are compared with other theoretical calculations and with available experiments.