Photonic, Electronic And Atomic Collisions - Proceedings Of The Xxiv International Conference

Photonic, Electronic And Atomic Collisions - Proceedings Of The Xxiv International Conference
Author: Roberto D Rivarola
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2006-11-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814476382

This volume contains contributions covering a wide range of subjects in the area of photonic, electronic and atomic collisions. These include the collisions of heavy particles and electrons with atoms, molecules and clusters; the coherent control of reaction dynamics using lasers and electromagnetic fields with molecules, clusters and liquids; recent experimental progress in the synthesis of antihydrogen; the interaction of solar winds with cometary atmospheres, and the physical interpretation of reactions in biological systems./a

Photonic, Electronic And Atomic Collisions, Invited Papers Of The Twentieth International Conference On The Physics

Photonic, Electronic And Atomic Collisions, Invited Papers Of The Twentieth International Conference On The Physics
Author: Friedrich Aumayr
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 726
Release: 1998-05-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9814545066

This important book contains the invited papers (plenary and review lectures, progress and special reports) presented at XX.ICPEAC, the Twentieth International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions. It highlights the current status of research in photonic, electronic and atomic collision physics, for which experimental studies increasingly rely on laser and synchrotron radiation and are more and more interrelated with other fields, such as molecular and chemical physics, surface science, quantum optics, and spectroscopy and formation of exotic atoms.

Dynamics of Gas-Surface Interactions

Dynamics of Gas-Surface Interactions
Author: Ricardo Diez Muino
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642329551

This book gives a representative survey of the state of the art of research on gas-surface interactions. It provides an overview of the current understanding of gas surface dynamics and, in particular, of the reactive and non-reactive processes of atoms and small molecules at surfaces. Leading scientists in the field, both from the theoretical and the experimental sides, write in this book about their most recent advances. Surface science grew as an interdisciplinary research area over the last decades, mostly because of new experimental technologies (ultra-high vacuum, for instance), as well as because of a novel paradigm, the ‘surface science’ approach. The book describes the second transformation which is now taking place pushed by the availability of powerful quantum-mechanical theoretical methods implemented numerically. In the book, experiment and theory progress hand in hand with an unprecedented degree of accuracy and control. The book presents how modern surface science targets the atomic-level understanding of physical and chemical processes at surfaces, with particular emphasis on dynamical aspects. This book is a reference in the field.

Dissociative Recombination of Molecular Ions with Electrons

Dissociative Recombination of Molecular Ions with Electrons
Author: Steven L. Guberman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1461500834

Dissociative Recombination of Molecular Ions with Electrons is a comprehensive collection of refereed papers describing the latest developments in dissociative recombination research. The papers are written by the leading researchers in the field. The topics covered include the use of microwave afterglows, merged beams and storage rings to measure rate coefficients and to identify the products and their yields. The molecules studied range in size from the smallest, H2+, to bovine insulin ions. The theoretical papers cover the important role of Rydberg states and the use of wave packets and quantum defect theory to deduce cross sections, rate constants and quantum yields. Several theoretical and experimental papers address the controversial topic of H3+ dissociative recombination and its importance in the interstellar medium. Dissociative recombination studies of other molecular ions in the interstellar medium and in cometary and planetary atmospheres are covered. Ionization is an important competitive process to dissociative recombination and its competition with predissociation and its role in the reverse process of the association of neutral species is presented. Dissociative attachment, in which an electron attaches to a neutral molecule, has many similarities to dissociative recombination. The topics covered include the accurate calculation of electron affinities, attachment to molecules, clusters, and to species absorbed on solid surfaces and electron scattering by a molecular anion.

Ionization, Correlation, and Polarization in Atomic Collisions

Ionization, Correlation, and Polarization in Atomic Collisions
Author: Azzedine Lahmam-Bennani
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2006-01-19
Genre: Science
ISBN:

This proceedings volume contains the invited talks presented at two atomic physics symposia held jointly in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 28-30 July 2005. All papers were peer-reviewed. They represent the latest research in dynamics of collision systems involving collisions between photons, electrons, and ions and a diverse range of target species: atoms, molecules, clusters, and surfaces. There is a particular emphasis on correlation and many-body effects in excitation and ionization.

Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter

Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter
Author: Yoshihiko Hatano
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1068
Release: 2010-12-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1439811806

Building on Mozumder's and Hatano's Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Chemical, Physicochemical, and Biological Consequences with Applications (CRC Press, 2004), Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces expands upon the scientific contents of the previous volume by cover

Review

Review
Author: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Publisher:
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1999
Genre: Nuclear energy
ISBN:

Gaseous Dielectrics X

Gaseous Dielectrics X
Author: Loucas C. Christophorou
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 144198979X

The book contains a broad and in depth review by leading world experts of the progress and the problems of current interest in gaseous dielectrics and their use, especially as insulators in high-voltage equipment and substations. Recent advances in superconductivity for power transmission and in plasma technology are also included. The fundamental, applied and industrial research described in the book allows the electric power industry to transmit and distribute electrical energy in more efficient, safe and environmentally acceptable ways.

Perfect/Complete Scattering Experiments

Perfect/Complete Scattering Experiments
Author: Hans Kleinpoppen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2013-12-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642405142

The main goal of this book is to elucidate what kind of experiment must be performed in order to determine the full set of independent parameters which can be extracted and calculated from theory, where electrons, photons, atoms, ions, molecules, or molecular ions may serve as the interacting constituents of matter. The feasibility of such perfect' and-or `complete' experiments, providing the complete quantum mechanical knowledge of the process, is associated with the enormous potential of modern research techniques, both, in experiment and theory. It is even difficult to overestimate the role of theory in setting of the complete experiment, starting with the fact that an experiment can be complete only within a certain theoretical framework, and ending with the direct prescription of what, and in what conditions should be measured to make the experiment `complete'. The language of the related theory is the language of quantum mechanical amplitudes and their relative phases. This book captures the spirit of research in the direction of the complete experiment in atomic and molecular physics, considering some of the basic quantum processes: scattering, Auger decay and photo-ionization. It includes a description of the experimental methods used to realize, step by step, the complete experiment up to the level of the amplitudes and phases. The corresponding arsenal includes, beyond determining the total cross section, the observation of angle and spin resolved quantities, photon polarization and correlation parameters, measurements applying coincidence techniques, preparing initially polarized targets, and even more sophisticated methods. The `complete' experiment is, until today, hardly to perform. Therefore, much attention is paid to the results of state-of-the-art experiments providing detailed information on the process, and their comparison to the related theoretical approaches, just to mention relativistic multi-configurational Dirac-Fock, convergent close-coupling, Breit-Pauli R-matrix, or relativistic distorted wave approaches, as well as Green's operator methods. This book has been written in honor of Herbert Walther and his major contribution to the field but even to stimulate advanced Bachelor and Master students by demonstrating that obviously nowadays atomic and molecular scattering physics yields and gives a much exciting appreciation for further advancing the field.

Nuclear Fusion Research

Nuclear Fusion Research
Author: Robert E. H. Clark
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2006-01-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 354027362X

It became clear in the early days of fusion research that the effects of the containment vessel (erosion of "impurities") degrade the overall fusion plasma performance. Progress in controlled nuclear fusion research over the last decade has led to magnetically confined plasmas that, in turn, are sufficiently powerful to damage the vessel structures over its lifetime. This book reviews current understanding and concepts to deal with this remaining critical design issue for fusion reactors. It reviews both progress and open questions, largely in terms of available and sought-after plasma-surface interaction data and atomic/molecular data related to these "plasma edge" issues.