Abstract
Potential energy curves of the MgMg2+ molecular system in the lowest electronic states as well as radial and rotational couplings between these states are obtained from ab-initio calculations at the CASSCF/MRCI level of theory using large basis sets. These data are used to investigate, via the semi-classical molecular close coupling method, the single symmetric charge transfer processes of Mg2+-Mg collisions in the [1.0-650] keV laboratory energy range. Total and partial cross sections for the expected capture channels are calculated and compared with the available experimental and theoretical results. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.