The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. The potential energy surface for the ground state of He-H 2 ϩ is calculated using ab initio QCISD͑T͒ calculations and a correlation-consistent basis set. The geometries chosen include all combinations of 21 intermolecular distances R, three H-H distances r, and seven Jacobi angles . The final potential is fitted to a functional form that incorporates the correct long-range behavior. Close-coupling calculations of both low-lying and near-dissociation vibration-rotation states are carried out. The results are expected to be of assistance in assigning the microwave spectra of He-H 2 ϩ in near-dissociation states ͓Carrington et al., Chem. Phys. Lett. 260, 395 ͑1996͔͒.