Low energy crossed beam study of the endothermic charge transfer reaction H+2(Ar,H2)Ar+

A crossed beam study of the title reaction if reported, from 0.45 to 7.8 eV. The reaction is predominantly translationally endothermic. At the lowest energy, there is evidence for two reaction paths: a long-range electron transfer and an intimate collision with electron transfer. Branching ratios for the competitive proton transfer reaction are presented.