Many-Particle Quantum Dynamics in Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation

Joachim Ullrich (Curatore)

V.P. Shevelko (Curatore)

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, 2011

This book aims to give a comprehensive view on the present status of a tremendously fast-developing field - the quantum dynamics of fragmenting many-particle Coulomb systems. In striking contrast to the profound theo­ retical knowledge, achieved from extremely precise experimental results on the static atomic and molecular structure, it was only three years ago when the three-body fundamental dynamical problem of breaking up the hydro­ gen atom by electron impact was claimed to be solved in a mathematically consistent way. Until now, more "complicated", though still fundamental scenarios, ad­ dressing the complete fragmentation of the "simplest" many-electron system, the helium atom, under the action of a time-dependent external force, have withstood any consistent theoretical description. Exceptions are the most "trivial" situations where the breakup is induced by the impact of a single real photon or of a virtual photon under a perturbation caused by fast, low­ charged particle impact. Similarly, the dissociation of the "simplest" molecu­ lar systems like Ht or HD+, fragmentating in collisions with slow electrons, or the H3 molecule breaking apart into two or three" pieces" as a result of a single laser-photon excitation, establish a major challenge for state-of-the-art theoretical approaches.

• Curatore: Joachim Ullrich, V.P. Shevelko
• Editore: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Collana: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics
• Anno: 2011
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 515 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9783642056260

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