Published February 2010
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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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Publishing Information
- 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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- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42001405
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COLLISIONS; DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; IONS; MEV RANGE; OSCILLATIONS; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; TIME DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- APPROXIMATIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CROSS SECTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY RANGE; EQUATIONS; NONMETALS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS
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- (c) 2010 The American Physical Society