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Atoms, Volume 9, Issue 2

June 2021 - 15 articles

Cover Story: The interaction of ionizing photons with atoms and ions is a fundamental process in nature. Nitrogen is ubiquitous in astrophysical environments and the sixth most populous element in the cosmos. Enhanced experimental conditions at the MAIA crossed-beam facility at the SOLEIL synchrotron allowed substantially improved a) single- and b) double-ionisation cross-section measurements to be carried out for the N+ ion in the K-shell excitation regime. With three open shells, the calculation of the N+ photoionisation resonances presents a considerable challenge to theory. Comparison of the measurements with results from large-scale MCDF and RMPS photoionization cross-section calculations provided interpretation of the experimental data and benchmarking of the different theoretical approaches. View this paper
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Articles (15)

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,695 Views
15 Pages

Long-Range Atom–Ion Rydberg Molecule: A Novel Molecular Binding Mechanism

  • Markus Deiß,
  • Shinsuke Haze and
  • Johannes Hecker Denschlag

21 June 2021

We present a novel binding mechanism where a neutral Rydberg atom and an atomic ion form a molecular bound state at a large internuclear distance. The binding mechanism is based on Stark shifts and level crossings that are induced in the Rydberg atom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,120 Views
13 Pages

9 June 2021

Triple differential cross sections (TDCS) are presented for the electron and positron impact ionization of inert gas atoms in a range of energy sharing geometries where a number of significant few body effects compete to define the shape of the TDCS....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,573 Views
8 Pages

8 June 2021

The time-dependent close-coupling method has been recently applied to calculate electron-impact direct ionization cross sections for the Kr, W, and Pb atoms. An overview is presented for these three heavy neutral atom systems. When the direct ionizat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,564 Views
13 Pages

7 June 2021

We report triple differential cross-sections (TDCSs) for the electron impact single ionization of tungsten atoms for the ionization taking place from the outer sub shells of tungsten atoms, viz. W (6s), W (5d), W (5p) and W (4f). The study of the ele...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,153 Views
15 Pages

26 May 2021

Line broadening is usually dominated by interactions of an atomic system with a stochastic, random medium. When, in addition to the random medium, a non-random field (such as a laser) is applied, the line profile may be modified in significant ways....

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
2,298 Views
8 Pages

18 May 2021

The present paper revisits the determination of the semi-classical limit of the Feshbach resonances which play a role in electron impact broadening (the so-called “Stark“ broadening) of isolated spectral lines of ionized atoms. The Gailitis approxima...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,035 Views
18 Pages

Photoionization Cross-Sections of Carbon-Like N+ Near the K-Edge (390–440 eV)

  • Jean-Paul Mosnier,
  • Eugene T. Kennedy,
  • Jean-Marc Bizau,
  • Denis Cubaynes,
  • Ségolène Guilbaud,
  • Christophe Blancard and
  • Brendan M. McLaughlin

11 May 2021

High-resolution K-shell photoionization cross-sections for the C-like atomic nitrogen ion (N+) are reported in the 398 eV (31.15 Å) to 450 eV (27.55 Å) energy (wavelength) range. The results were obtained from absolute ion-yield measurements using th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,844 Views
12 Pages

3 May 2021

We have evaluated the isotope shift (IS) constants of the first five low-lying fine-structure states of the singly charged calcium ion (Ca II) by adopting a finite-field (FF) approach in the relativistic coupled-cluster (RCC), a method developed by u...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,209 Views
12 Pages

12 April 2021

Periodically driven (Floquet) systems are described by time-dependent Hamiltonians that possess discrete time translation symmetry. The spontaneous breaking of this symmetry leads to the emergence of a novel non-equilibrium phase of matter—the Discre...

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