Many-Particle Quantum Dynamics in Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation

V. P. Shevelko, J. Ullrich (auth.), Professor Dr. Joachim Ullrich, Professor Dr. Viatcheslav Shevelko (eds.)3540006672, 9783540006671

This is the first comprehensive treatment of the interactions of atoms and molecules with charged particles, photons and laser fields. Addressing the subject from a unified viewpoint, the volume reflects our present understanding of many-particle dynamics in rearrangement and fragmentation reactions such as electron capture, target and projectile ionisation, photoabsorption and Compton scattering, collisional breakup in Coulomb systems, and dissociative ionisation. The individual chapters, each written by leading experts, give a concise picture of the advanced experimental and theoretical methods. The book also describes experimental methods such as recoil-ion momentum spectroscopy (RIMS), electron microscopy (REMI), and many-particle time-of-flight and imaging techniques. Theoretical approaches treated include the three-body Coulomb problem, R- and S-matrix as well as classical approaches, close-coupling methods, and density-functional theory.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages I-XXVIII
Kinematics of Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation Reactions….Pages 1-32
Recoil-Ion Momentum Spectroscopy and “Reaction Microscopes”….Pages 33-58
Multiparticle Imaging of Fast Molecular Ion Beams….Pages 59-70
Neutral—Atom Imaging Techniques….Pages 71-82
Collisional Breakup in Coulomb Systems….Pages 83-101
Hyperspherical R -Matrix with Semiclassical Outgoing Waves….Pages 103-120
Convergent Close-Coupling Approach to Electron—Atom Collisions….Pages 121-135
Close-Coupling Approach to Multiple—Atomic Ionization….Pages 137-151
Numerical Grid Methods….Pages 153-168
S-Matrix Approach to Intense—Field Processes in Many-Electron Systems….Pages 169-183
Quantum Orbits and Laser-Induced Nonsequential Double Ionization….Pages 185-204
Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory in Atomic Collisions….Pages 205-220
Electronic Collisions in Correlated Systems: From the Atomic to the Thermodynamic Limit….Pages 221-243
From Atoms to Molecules….Pages 245-260
Vector Correlations in Dissociative Photoionization of Simple Molecules Induced by Polarized Light….Pages 261-282
Relaxation Dynamics of Core Excited Molecules Probed by Auger-Electron—Ion Coincidences….Pages 283-301
Laser-Induced Fragmentation of Triatomic Hydrogen….Pages 303-316
Nonsequential Multiple Ionization in Strong Laser Fields….Pages 317-338
Helium Double Ionization in Collisions with Electrons….Pages 339-351
Fast p—He Transfer Ionization Processes: A Window to Reveal the Non-s 2 Contributions in the Momentum Wave Function of Ground—State He….Pages 353-378
Single and Multiple Ionization in Strong Ion-Induced Fields….Pages 379-409
Coulomb-Explosion Imaging Studies of Molecular Relaxation and Rearrangement….Pages 411-427
Charged-Particle-Induced Molecular Fragmentation at Large Velocities….Pages 429-445
Electron—Interaction Effects in Ion-Induced Rearrangement and Ionization Dynamics: A Theoretical Perspective….Pages 447-462
Ionization Dynamics in Atomic Collisions….Pages 463-483
Fragment—Imaging Studies of Dissociative Recombination….Pages 485-508
Back Matter….Pages 509-515