Figure 4

Total ionization cross sections for Ne^*(³P_2,0)-N₂ as a function of the collision energy. (a) The full circles are results from the Perugia laboratory²⁹. Marked red and black lines indicate the calculations of the present study carried out within the semiclassical approach^6,7 and according to Eq. (3). (b) thin-pink and thin-black lines represent polynomial functions interpolating data measured in the Eindhoven laboratory¹⁸. Vertical error bars are representative of the uncertainties on the absolute scale of cross sections. Full lines are the same of (a) panel. (c) the contribution from each entrance channel leading to the formation of N₂⁺ in its ground ²Σ_g⁺ electronic state.