ELECTRON-CAPTURE AND IONIZATION IN COLLISIONS OF MULTICHARGED NEON IONS WITH ATOMIC-HYDROGEN

The classical Monte Carlo method is employed to calculate the cross sections for total and state-selective electron capture and ionization in collisions of multiply charged Nc(q+) (q = 3-10) ions with ground state atomic hydrogen in the intermediate to high energy region. The active electron interaction with the incompletely stripped neon ion is described by a Thomas-Fermi type model potential. It is demonstrated that the total electron capture cross section for q greater-than-or-equal-to 5 can be scaled with respect to q in the entire energy region investigated (-(10-300)q1/2). Some scaling properties of the state-selective and ionization cross sections are also discussed.