XUV Pump-Probe Experiments on Diatomic Molecules : Tracing the Dynamics of Electron Rearrangement and Interatomic Coulombic Decay / / by Kirsten Schnorr

• Autore: Schnorr Kirsten
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2015.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Disciplina: 537.5076
• Soggetto topico: Atoms; Physics; Optics; Electrodynamics; Spectroscopy; Microscopy; Medical physics; Radiation; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction; Classical Electrodynamics; Spectroscopy and Microscopy; Medical and Radiation Physics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Photoionization and Interatomic Coulombic Decay -- Free-Electron Lasers -- Experimental Setup -- Data Analysis -- Ionization Dynamics of I2 in XUV and IR Laser Pulses -- ICD Lifetime in Ne2 -- Conclusions and Outlook -- Appendices.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the relaxation dynamics of inner-valence-ionized diatomic molecules on the basis of extreme-ultraviolet pump-probe experiments performed at the free-electron laser (FEL) in Hamburg. Firstly, the electron rearrangement dynamics in dissociating multiply charged iodine molecules is studied in an experiment that made it possible to access charge transfer in a thus far unexplored quasimolecular regime relevant for plasma and chemistry applications of the FEL. Secondly the lifetime of an efficient non-radiative relaxation process that occurs in weakly bound systems is measured directly for the first time in a neon dimer (Ne2). Interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD) has been identified as the dominant decay mechanism in inner-valence-ionized or excited van-der-Waals and hydrogen bonded systems, the latter being ubiquitous in all biomolecules. The role of ICD in DNA damage thus demands further investigation, e.g. with regard to applications like radiation therapy.
• Titolo autorizzato: XUV Pump-Probe Experiments on Diatomic Molecules
• ISBN: 3-319-12139-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910300429003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, . 2190-5053