Published February 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Nonperturbative treatment of single ionization of H2 by fast highly-charged-ion impact

  • 1. UPMC Univ. Paris 06, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matiere et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris (France)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen (Norway)
  • 3. Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen, N-5008 Bergen (Norway)
  • 4. Theoretische Chemie, Universitaet Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 5. CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matiere et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris (France)

Description

We present a detailed analysis of the interference effects observed for ionization in collisions of fast highly charged projectiles with molecular hydrogen. We propose a nonperturbative semiclassical approach to describe the process under consideration by solving the time-dependent Schroedinger equation fully numerically on a 3D spatial grid. We present results for Kr34+-H2 collisions at 63 MeV/u impact energy and discuss different structures observed experimentally in doubly differential cross sections. The presence of Young-type minima and the absence of high-frequency oscillations are especially addressed. We also report unexpected interference patterns which can be observed for fixed-in-space molecular targets.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 022718-022718.7
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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