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The electron excitation processes of H(1s) + He(1s2) → H(2s/2p) + He(1s2) are studied in impact energy range of 20--2000 eV/u by using the quantum-mechanical molecular orbital close-coupling (QMOCC) method. Total and state-selective cross sections have been obtained and compared with the available theoretical and experimental results. The results agree well with available measurements in the overlapping energy regions overall. The comparison of our results with other theoretical calculations further demonstrates the importance of considering a sufficient number of channels. The datasets presented in this paper, including the excitation cross sections, are openly available at https://www.doi.org/10.57760/sciencedb.j00113.00083.

Debye-screening effects on the electron-impact excitation (EIE) processes for the dipole-allowed transition 1s2 1 S → 1s2p 1P in He-like Al11+ and Fe24+ ions are investigated using the fully relativistic distorted-wave methods with the Debye–Hückel (DH) model potential. Debye-screening effects on the continuum-bound (CB) interaction and target ion are discussed, both of which result in reduction of EIE cross sections. This reduction due to screening on the CB interaction is dominant. The non-spherical and spherical DH potentials are adopted for considering the screening effect on the CB interaction. It is found that the spherical DH potential could significantly overestimate the influence of plasma screening on EIE cross sections for multielectron He-like ions.

The nonradiative charge-transfer processes of Be3+(1s)/B4+(1s) colliding with He(1s2) are investigated by the quantum-mechanical molecular orbital close-coupling (QMOCC) method from 10 eV/u to 1800 eV/u. Total and state-selective cross sections are obtained and compared with other results available. Although the incident ions have the same number of electrons and collide with the same target, their cross sections are different due to the differences in molecular structure. For Be3+(1s) + He(1s2), only single-electron-capture (SEC) states are important and the total cross sections have a broad maximum around E = 150 eV/u. While for B4+(1s) + He(1s2), both the SEC and double-electron-capture (DEC) processes are important, and the total SEC and DEC cross sections decrease rapidly with the energy decreasing.

The resonant charge transfer process for Li+–Li(2s) collision is investigated by the quantum-mechanical molecular orbital close-coupling(QMOCC) method and the two-center atomic-orbital close-coupling(AOCC) method in an energy range of 1.0 e V/u–104e V/u. Accurate molecular structure data and charge transfer cross sections are given. Both the allelectron model(AEM) and one-electron model(OEM) are used in the QMOCC calculations, and the discrepancies between the two models are analyzed. The OEM calculation can also give a reliable prediction of the cross sections for energies below 1 ke V/u.

We study the relationship between electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) and Autler–Townes (AT) splitting in a cascade three-level Doppler-broadened system. By comparing the absorption spectrum with the fluorescence excitation spectrum, it is found that for a Doppler-broadened system, EIT resonance cannot be explained as the result of quantum interference, unlike the case of a homogeneously broadened system. Instead, the macroscopic polarization interference plays an important role in determining the spectra of EIT and AT splitting, which can be explained within the same framework when being detected by the absorption spectra.

The plasma screening of fast-electron-impact-ionization by excited state (3p) of Hydrogen-like ions was investigated in the first Born approximation with a plasma screening length δ varying from 1000a0 to 10a0. The generalized oscillator strength densities showed dramatic changes: some accessional minima occurred along with a remarkable enhancement in certain continuum-energy domains. The double-differential cross sections exhibit not only the same structures as the Bethe surface for moderate and large momentum transfers, but also a broadened enhancement for small momentum transfers. The single-differential cross sections exhibit a near-zero-energy-enhancement and prodigious multiple-shape resonances, depending on the continuum energy and the plasma screening length. These features are analogous to those of the photo-ionization cross section. These findings, for both types of cross section, can be explained by processes associated with continuum electrons, as long as the potential has a short-range character.

We study the electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) in a Doppler-broadened cascaded three-level system. We decompose the susceptibility responsible for the EIT resonance into a linear and a nonlinear part, and the EIT resonance reflects mainly the characteristics of the nonlinear susceptibility. It is found that the macroscopic polarization interference effect plays a crucial role in determining the EIT resonance spectrum. To obtain a Doppler-free spectrum there must be polarization interference between atoms of different velocities. A dressed-state model, which analyzes the velocities at which the atoms are in resonance with the dressed states through Doppler frequency shifting, is employed to explain the results.

The relativistic configuration interaction method is employed to calculate the dielectronic recombination (DR) cross sections of helium-like krypton via the 1s2lnl' (n = 2, 3, ..., 15) resonances. Then, the resonant transfer excitation (RTE) processes of Kr34+ colliding with H, He, H2, and CHx (x = 0−4) targets are investigated under the impulse approximation. The needed Compton profiles of targets are obtained from the Hartree—Fock wave functions. The RTE cross sections are strongly dependent on DR resonant energies and strengths, and the electron momentum distributions of the target. For H2 and H targets, the ratio of their RTE cross sections changes from 1.85 for the 1s2l2l' to 1.88 for other resonances, which demonstrates the weak molecular effects on the Compton profiles of H2. For CHx (x = 0−4) targets, the main contribution to the RTE cross section comes from the carbon atom since carbon carries 6 electrons; as the number of hydrogen increases in CHx, the RTE cross section almost increases by the same value, displaying the strong separate atom character for the hydrogen. However, further comparison of the individual orbital contributions of C(2p, 2s, 1s) and CH4(1t2, 2a1, 1a1) to the RTE cross sections shows that the molecular effects induce differences of about 25.1%, 19.9%, and 0.2% between 2p−1t2, 2s−2a1, and 1s−1a1 orbitals, respectively.

The nonradiative charge-transfer cross sections for protons colliding with Rb(5s) atoms are calculated by using the quantum-mechanical molecularorbital close-coupling method in an energy range of 10−3 keV–10 keV. The total and state-selective charge-transfer cross sections are in good agreement with the experimental data in the relatively low energy region. The importance of rotational coupling for chargetransfer process is stressed. Compared with the radiative charge-transfer process, nonradiative charge transfer is a dominant mechanism at energies above 15 eV. The resonance structures of state-selective charge-transfer cross sections arising from the competition among channels are analysed in detail. The radiative and nonradiative charge-transfer rate coefficients from low to high temperature are presented.