Many-Particle Quantum Dynamics in Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation

Joachim Ullrich

ISBN 10: 3642056261 / ISBN 13: 9783642056260

Verlag: Springer, Berlin, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer, 2011

Beschreibung

Neuware - 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.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783642056260

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Many-Particle Quantum Dynamics in Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3642056261
• ISBN-13: 9783642056260
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 234B x 155 H x 30 T Millimeter Breite: 234 mm, Höhe: 155 mm, Tiefe: 30 mm
• Gewicht: 814 Gramm

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Von der hinteren Coverseite

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.