Eur. Phys. J. D 60, 45-49 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2010-00011-2

Classical calculation of proton collisions with ethylene

Laboratorio Asociado al CIEMAT de Física Atómica y Molecular en Plasmas de Fusión, Departamento de Química, C-IX, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049-, Madrid, Spain

Corresponding author: ^a l.mendez@uam.es

Received: 11 November 2009
Revised: 21 December 2009
Published online: 26 January 2010

Abstract

Single electron capture and single ionization total cross sections in collisions of proton with ethylene are calculated for an energy range 25 keV ≤ E ≤ 150 keV, using the classical trajectory Monte Carlo method. Multi-center model potentials are employed to represent the interaction of the active electron on each molecular orbital with the C₂H core. The results are compared with experimental results for single electron capture.