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Atoms, Volume 7, Issue 3

September 2019 - 34 articles

Cover Story: Quantum interference between the direct and looping reaction pathways determines the outcome of the ultracold O + OH → H + O2 reaction. In the ultracold regime, the interference can approach its maximal constructive or destructive values, effectively turning the reaction on or off (a quantum switch!). This is due to the unique properties of ultracold collisions, where the scattering phase shifts approach integer multiples of π (the integer corresponds to the number of bound states supported along each pathway). The geometric phase associated with the C2v conical intersection introduces an additional π-phase shift between the two interfering pathways, which reverses the nature of the interference (constructive ↔ destructive) and in this way controls the reaction. View this paper.
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Articles (34)

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
7,714 Views
13 Pages

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Assisted by Machine Learning for Plastics/Polymers Identification

  • Dimitrios Stefas,
  • Nikolaos Gyftokostas,
  • Elli Bellou and
  • Stelios Couris

19 August 2019

In the present work, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is used for the discrimination/identification of different plastic/polymeric samples having the same polymeric matrix but containing different additives (as e.g., fillers, flame retarda...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,040 Views
8 Pages

Stark Broadening of Neutral Boron Lines

  • Magdalena Christova,
  • Milan S. Dimitrijević and
  • Sylvie Sahal-Bréchot

19 August 2019

Stark broadening parameters, width and shift, of lines within B I 2s22p–2s2ns spectral series have been calculated. Semi-classical theory in impact approximation has been applied. Temperature dependence of Stark parameters has been studied. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,501 Views
16 Pages

Emission of Fast Hydrogen Atoms in a Low Density Gas Discharge—The Most “Natural” Mirror Laboratory

  • Oleksandr Marchuk,
  • Sven Dickheuer,
  • Stephan Ertmer,
  • Yuri Krasikov,
  • Philippe Mertens,
  • Christian Brandt,
  • Sebastijan Brezinsek,
  • Andrei Goriaev,
  • Mykola Ialovega and
  • Beatrix Göths
  • + 2 authors

19 August 2019

In this work, we present a new application for the line shapes of emission induced by reflected hydrogen atoms. Optical properties of the solids in contact with the plasma could be effectively measured at the wavelength of Balmer lines: time-resolved...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,499 Views
9 Pages

Dissociative Recombination of CH+ Molecular Ion Induced by Very Low Energy Electrons

  • Zsolt J. Mezei,
  • Michel D. Epée Epée,
  • Ousmanou Motapon and
  • Ioan F. Schneider

19 August 2019

We used the multichannel quantum defect theory to compute cross sections and rate coefficients for the dissociative recombination of CH + initially in its lowest vibrational level v i + = 0 with electrons of incident energy below...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,081 Views
11 Pages

Effect of the Ions on the Electron Collision Operator through Electronic Trajectory Modification

  • Yasmina Ben Nana,
  • Fethi Khelfaoui,
  • Said Douis,
  • Eshrat Sadeghzadeh Lari and
  • Mohammed Tayeb Meftah

16 August 2019

We investigate the ion effect on the broadening of the spectral line profile by the free electrons collisions with the emitters in plasmas. We only considered the weak collisions’ contribution. This effect has a consequence on the trajectories...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,526 Views
22 Pages

7 August 2019

The Wigner formalism in the Heisenberg picture constitutes a bridge that connects Quantum Optics to Stochastic Optics. The vacuum field appears explicitly in the formalism, and the wavelike aspects of light are emphasised. In addition, the zeropoint...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,754 Views
10 Pages

Electron-Impact Dissociation of Vibrationally-Excited Molecular Hydrogen into Neutral Fragments

  • Liam H. Scarlett,
  • Jeremy S. Savage,
  • Dmitry V. Fursa,
  • Mark C. Zammit and
  • Igor Bray

6 August 2019

We present convergent close-coupling (CCC) calculations of electron-impact dissociation of vibrationally-excited molecular hydrogen into neutral fragments. This work follows from our previous results for dissociation of molecular hydrogen in the grou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,718 Views
9 Pages

2 August 2019

In this study, we examine the atomic and molecular signatures in laser-induced plasma. Abel inversions of measured line-of-sight data reveal insight into the radial plasma distribution. Laser-plasma is generated with 6 ns, Q-switched Nd:YAG radiation...

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