Ion-atom cold collision: Formation of cold molecular ion by radiative processes

Abstract

We discuss theoretically ion-atom collisions at low energy and predict the possibility of formation of cold molecular ion by photoassociation. We present results on radiative homo- and hetero-nuclear atom-ion cold collisions that reveal threshold behaviour of atom-ion systems.

9 pages, 16 figures

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