Quantum-mechanically complete study of charge transfer from nonisotropic initial to nonisotropic final states in H+-Na(3p(+/- 1)) collisions - art. no. 022710

We are reporting on a quantum-mechanically complete experimental and theore tical study of electron transfer from nonisotropic initial states to noniso tropic final states. The processes under consideration are the charge-excha nge reactions H+ + Na(3p(+/-1)) --> H(2p(0,+/-1)) + Na+ at a projectile ene rgy of 1 keV, requiring, for a complete description, the determination of a minimum of five real parameters. Two of the three off-diagonal matrix elem ents and the trace of the density matrix (the total differential cross sect ion) have been directly determined from an angular correlation analysis of the experiment. in parallel, atomic-orbital coupled-channel calculations ha ve been performed. The results are used for the final analysis of the densi ty-matrix elements, and allow a complete extraction of all amplitudes and p hases from the experimental data.