Cold ion-atom chemistry driven by spontaneous radiative relaxation: a case study for the formation of the YbCa^{+} molecular ion

Abstract

Using both quantum and semi-classical methods, we calculate the rates for radiative association and charge transfer in cold collisions of Yb+ with Ca.

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