Electric field dissociation of H+ 2: close-coupled scattering calculations

Close-coupling scattering calculations have been carried out to predict the magnitude of electric fields required to dissociate specific vibration—rotation levels in H⁺ ₂. Results for electric fields up to 40 kV cm^?1, which may dissociate levels up to 25 cm^?1 below the dissociation limit, are presented. The results are used to simulate spectra which are compared with experimental spectra. A method for extracting the eigenphase sum from a coupled channel scattering calculation is described in the appendix and used in the calculations.     

Vibrational transition spectra of H2＋ in a strong magnetic field

Vibrational transition spectra of H2+ in an ultra-strong magnetic field are determined. The validity of Born-Oppenheimer approximation is analyzed based on one-center method and B-spline basis sets. It is shown that Born-Oppenheimer approximation is reliable for the investigation on the ground state and low excited states of H2+ subjected to the strong magnetic field. Furthermore, it is found that the vibrational transition spectra from 1σ g , 1π u , and 1δ g states lie in infrared, visible, and ultraviolet ranges with increasing magnetic field strength.     

The H 2 + ion can dissociate in a strong magnetic field

In the framework of a variational method, the molecular ion H ₂ ⁺ in a magnetic field is studied. The optimal form of the vector potential corresponding to a given magnetic field (gauge fixing) is chosen variationally. It is shown that for any magnetic field strength, as well as for any orientation of the molecular axis, the system (ppe) possesses a minimum in the potential energy. The stable configuration always corresponds to the elongation along the magnetic line. However, for magnetic fields B?2×10¹¹ G and some orientations, the H ₂ ⁺ ion becomes unstable, decaying into the H atom +p.     

Charge transfer of He~(2+) with H in a strong magnetic field

By solving a time-dependent Schr ¨odinger equation(TDSE), we studied the electron capture process in the He2++ H collision system under a strong magnetic field in a wide projectile energy range. The strong enhancement of the total charge transfer cross section is observed for the projectile energy below 2.0 ke V/u. With the projectile energy increasing, the cross sections will reduce a little and then increase again, compared with those in the field-free case. The cross sections to the states with different magnetic quantum numbers are presented and analyzed where the influence due to Zeeman splitting is obviously found, especially in the low projectile energy region. The comparison with other models is made and the tendency of the cross section varying with the projectile energy is found closer to that from other close coupling models.     

The effect of a strong magnetic field on the binding energy and the photoionization process in quantum-well wires

Within the effective-mass approximation, we have investigated the influence of a strong magnetic field on the ground state binding energy and the photon energy dependence of the photoionization cross-section of a shallow donor impurity in a quasi-one-dimensional rectangular quantum wire with infinite and finite potential barriers, using a variational approach. It is found that the binding energy and the photoionization cross-section as a function of photon energy were drastically dependent on the sizes of the wire, the potential well heights and the applied magnetic field.     

Fragmentation pathways of H+(H2O)2 after extreme ultraviolet photoionization

Photofragmentation of the protonated water dimer H+(H2O)_{2}, a fundamental system both in aqueous solutions and gas-phase water clusters, has been studied at 13.8 nm using the Free Electron Laser FLASH in Hamburg. In a crossed-beam experiment using time-resolved, single-molecule fragment imaging, the two-body breakup into H2O++H3O+ was found as a prominent fragmentation channel with a kinetic energy release of up to 10 eV. This channel was observed with at least a similar yield as events with stronger fragmentation, producing protons together with neutral fragments and showing an absolute cross section of (0.5 ± 0.2) × 10(-18) cm2.     

Evaluation of the probability of hydrogen atoms photoionization in a strong ultrashort laser field using the trajectory method

A method for calculating transition probabilities based on an earlier developed trajectory approach is tested by the example of evaluating the probability of photoionization of the hydrogen atom exposed an ultrashort optical pulse.     

强场中初始振动态对H2+解离过程的影响

本文通过数值求解非玻恩-奥本海默近似下的一维含时薛定谔方程模拟了强场中初始振动态对H_2~+解离过程的影响.结果表明:不同初始振动态H_2~+的对应的核动能谱结构不同.低振动态时解离过程主要由阈上解离通道贡献,振动态提高时会增加一个键的软化通道.     

Interference in the collective electron momentum in double photoionization of H2

We investigate single-photon double ionization of H(2) by 130 to 240 eV circularly polarized photons. We find a double slitlike interference pattern in the sum momentum of both electrons in the molecular frame which survives integration over all other degrees of freedom. The difference momentum and the individual electron momentum distributions do not show such a robust interference pattern. We show that this interference results from a non-Heitler-London fraction of the H(2) ground state where both electrons are at the same atomic center.     

Optoacoustic detection of multiple photon molecular absorption in a strong IR field

A new method based on the optoacoustic effect has been proposed to measure multiple photon absorption at vibrational molecular transitions in a strong IR laser field. Comparison measurements of the average absorbed energy have been done by this method for molecules with different dissociation limits in a strong CO₂-laser field, the field intensity changed therewith by four orders. For the poly-atomic molecules C₂H₄ and SF₆ having a comparatively low dissociation limit, the absorption increases monotonously as the power density of laser radiation P increases up to the dissociation limit. For three-atom molecules, such as D₂O and OCS, absorption saturation takes place with P ? 10 MW/cm².     

Triple differential cross sections for the double photoionization of H2

Triple differential cross sections arising from the break up of the H2 molecule by a single photon are presented. The time-dependent close-coupling technique is used to calculate differential cross sections for various geometries. Excellent agreement is found between current work and recent exterior complex-scaling calculations, confirming, for the first time, the absolute magnitude of the triple differential cross sections. Our calculations also compare favorably with recent synchrotron light source measurements.     

Triple-ionization-induced dissociation of molecules in strong laser fields

We study triple-ionization-induced dissociation in diatomic molecules with different laser polarizations.     

Comparison of photoelectron intensities and Franck-Condon factors in the photoionization of H2, HD and D2

The relative intensities of vibrational bands corresponding to the photoionization reactionX¹Σ_g⁺(υ″ = 0) + hv → X²Σ_g⁺(υ′ = 0, 1, 2 …) + e^? have been measured for H₂, HD and D₂, using He I radiation and a cylindrical mirror analyzer. These relative intensities differ significantly from squared overlap integrals (Franck-Condon factors) based on accurate potential curves for X¹Σ_g⁺ and X²Σ_g⁺, but are in good agreement with calculations performed by Itikawa which include the variation of transition moment with internuclear distance and the kinetic energy of the departing electron.     

Suppression of photoionization by a static field

The dc field Stark effect is studied theoretically for atoms in high intensity laser fields. We prove that the first-order perturbation corrections for the energy and photoionization rate vanish when the dc field strength serves as a perturbational strength parameter. Our calculations show that by applying a dc field in the same direction as the polarization direction of the ac field, the photoinduced ionization rate is almost entirely suppressed. This suppression is attributed to changes in the phase shift of the continuum atomic wave functions which can be controlled by the dc field.     

Specific heat of 2-d electrons in strong magnetic field

It is shown that the specific heat of an ideal two-dimensional electron gas in strong magnetic field decreases exponentially at low temperatures.     

Observation of interference between two distinct autoionizing states in dissociative photoionization of H2

Dissociative photoionization (DPI) of randomly oriented H(2) molecules has been studied using linearly polarized synchrotron radiation at selected photon energies of 31, 33, and 35 eV. Large amplitude oscillations in the photoelectron asymmetry parameter β, as a function of electron energy, have been observed. The phase of these β oscillations are in excellent agreement with the results of recent close coupling calculations [Fernández and Martín, New J. Phys. 11, 043020 (2009)]. We show that the oscillations are the signature of interferences between the 1Q(1)?(1)Σ(u)(+) and 1Q(2)?(1)Π(u) doubly excited states decaying at different internuclear distances. The oscillations thus provide information about the classical paths followed by the nuclei. The presence of such oscillations is predicted to be a general phenomenon in DPI.