Ionization of the hydrogen molecular ion H₂⁺ by twisted light

The ionization of the hydrogen molecular ion H₂⁺ by twisted Bessel light has been theoretically investigated. Special attention is paid to scenario where the twisted radiation interacts with a macroscopic target which consists of randomly distributed but aligned H₂⁺ molecules. We demonstrate for this case that the angle-differential photoionization cross section is sensitive to the transverse momentum of the incident light and alignment angle of molecules. (paper)