K. Yabana et al., TIME-DEPENDENT MEAN-FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR MULTIPLE ELECTRON-TRANSFER IN SLOW ION-CLUSTER COLLISIONS, Physical review. A, 57(5), 1998, pp. 3165-3168
The collision between a cluster and a highly charged ion, and the subs
equent production of the highly charged cluster, are theoretically inv
estigated in the time-dependent local-density approximation. The multi
ple electron transfer passing over the saddle of the potential barrier
is seen in the calculation and is in good agreement with an estimate
by the simple classical overbarrier model. The measured electron trans
fer in the C-60+Ar8+ collision is reasonably reproduced in the calcula
tion.