Highly Charged Rydberg Ions from the Coulomb Explosion of Clusters
D. Komar, L. Kazak, M. Almassarani, K-H. Meiwes-Broer, and J. Tiggesbäumker* Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, 18059 Rostock, Germany (Received 13 July 2017; published 30 March 2018) Ion emission from a nanoplasma produced in the interaction of intense optical laser pulses with argon clusters is studied resolving simultaneously charge states and recoil energies. By applying […]
Intense Field-Matter Interactions: Multiple Ionization of Clusters
E. M. Snyder, S. A. Buzza, and A. W. Castleman, Jr. Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 (Received 22 April 1996) We report the results for the production of highly charged atomic species (e.g., Xe201, Kr181, O51, and C41) resulting from the interaction of intense laser fields (up to ,1015 […]
Collisions of xenon (nf) Rydberg atoms with ammonia
F. G. Kellert, K. A. Smith, R. D. Rundel, F. B. Dunning, and R. F. Stebbings Space Physics and Astronomy Depanment. Rice University. Houston. Texas 77001 (Received 20 August 1979; accepted 23 October 1979) In thermal collisions between Xe(nf) Rydberg atoms and NH3 collisional depopulation of the nf state occurs through at least three distinct […]
Communication: Ionization and Coulomb explosion of xenon clusters by intense, few-cycle laser pulses
D. Mathura and F. A. Rajgara Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1 Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India Received 9 June 2010; accepted 30 June 2010; published online 9 August 2010 Intense, ultrashort pulses of 800 nm laser light 12 fs, 4 optical cycles of peak intensity 5 x10^14 W cm−2 have been used […]
Variation with the intermolecular distance of properties dependent on the electron density in hydrogen bond dimers
O. Ga´lveza) and P. C. Go´mezb) Departamento de Quı´mica Fı´sica I, Facultad de Quı´mica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain L. F. Paciosc) Departmento de Quı´mica y Bioquı´mica, E. T. S. I. Montes, Universidad Polite´cnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain ~Received 27 July 2001; accepted 3 October 2001 The variation with the intermolecular distance […]
Tunneling in a magnetic field
B. Ivlev Department of Physics and Astronomy and NanoCenter University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 and Instituto de F´ısica, Universidad Aut´onoma de San Luis Potos´ı San Luis Potos´ı, S. L. P. 78000 Mexico Quantum tunneling between two potential wells in a magnetic field can be strongly increased when the potential barrier varies in the […]
y + charge exchange and muonium formation in low pressure gases
Donald G. Fleming, Randall J. Mikula,” and David M. Garner Dept. of Chemistry and TRIVMF\ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T U6 Using the basic muon spin rotation technique, the fractions of energetic positive muons thermalizing in diamagnetic environments (fp) or as the paramagnetic muonium atom (f mu) have been measured in low […]
Pycnonuclear reactions in dense astrophysical and fusion plasmas
Setsuo Ichimarua) Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo 113, Japan Hikaru Kitamurab) Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Roppongi, Tokyo 106, Japan ~Received 24 November 1998; accepted 30 March 1999! Rates of pycnonuclear reactions in ultra-dense fluids and solids are evaluated by taking account of recent progress in quantum-statistical formulations of […]
A Molecular Perspective on Lithium–Ammonia Solutions
Eva Zurek, Peter P. Edwards, and Roald Hoffmann* Angewandte Chemie Keywords: ammonia · lithium · metal–nonmetal transitions · molecular orbitals · solvated electrons Dedicated to Professor Ron Catterall on the occasion of his 72nd birthday, and in memory of Mike (Michell) J. Sienko Reviews R. Hoffmann et al. 8198 www.angewandte.org 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & […]
Double screened Coulomb barrier accounts for neutrons production in cluster and other fusion experiments
M. Rambaut 57H rue De La Hacquiniere, 91440 Bures-sur- Yvette, France Received 12 September 1991; revised manuscript received 22 january 1992; accepted for publication 23 January 1992 Communicated by J.P. Vigier In a dense, fully ionized medium, containing fusible nuclei, a collision between two nuclei is accompanied by an electron concentration around them. By this, […]