Basis generator method study of collisions between alpha particles and lithium-like ions

Electron excitation, transfer and ionization in collisions between alpha pa rticles and lithium-like ions are investigated by means of the Basis Genera tor Method (BGM), a specific coupled-channel approach to the time-dependent Schrodinger equation (TDSE). The gist of the BGM is the representation of the electronic wavefunction within a dynamically adapted finite model space including the physically accessible part of the electronic continuum. Theo retical results for total capture are in good agreement with recent experim ental data.