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Atoms, Volume 9, Issue 4

December 2021 - 45 articles

Cover Story: Over the last few decades, the atomic and molecular physics community has directed its significant effort toward a comprehensive description of collisional processes with biomolecular targets. Electron–biomolecule interactions are present in many physicochemical processes in living systems since low-energy electrons (LEEs) are major products of ionizing radiation. LEEs during collisions can excite or attach to the target and can further lead to the neutral dissociation or dissociative electron attachment (DEA) process, respectively. Both processes produce non-charged radicals that have been particularly challenging to identify due to technical limitations in neutral detection. This perspective paper discusses the importance of neutral detection in the DEA process. View this paper 
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Articles (45)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,948 Views
13 Pages

Relativistic Configuration-Interaction and Perturbation Theory Calculations for Heavy Atoms

  • Igor M. Savukov,
  • Dmytro Filin,
  • Pinghan Chu and
  • Michael W. Malone

30 November 2021

Heavy atoms present challenges to atomic theory calculations due to the large number of electrons and their complicated interactions. Conventional approaches such as calculations based on Cowan’s code are limited and require a large number of p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,705 Views
13 Pages

Electron Scattering Cross-Section Calculations for Atomic and Molecular Iodine

  • Harindranath B. Ambalampitiya,
  • Kathryn R. Hamilton,
  • Oleg Zatsarinny,
  • Klaus Bartschat,
  • Matt A. P. Turner,
  • Anna Dzarasova and
  • Jonathan Tennyson

30 November 2021

Cross sections for electron scattering from atomic and molecular iodine are calculated based on the R-matrix (close-coupling) method. Elastic and electronic excitation cross sections are presented for both I and I2. The dissociative electron attachme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,917 Views
8 Pages

Excitation of the 6d 2D → 6p 2Po Radiative Transitions in the Pb+ Ion by Electron Impact

  • Viktoriya Roman,
  • Valdas Jonauskas,
  • Sigitas Kučas,
  • Anna Gomonai,
  • Aleksandr Gomonai and
  • Yuriy Hutych

29 November 2021

Results of experimental and theoretical investigation of electron-impact excitation of the 6s26d D2→6s26p P2o spectral transitions from the ground 6s26p P21/2o level in the Pb+ ion are presented. The experimental excitation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,776 Views
8 Pages

On the Feasibility of Rovibrational Laser Cooling of Radioactive RaF+ and RaH+ Cations

  • Timur A. Isaev,
  • Shane G. Wilkins and
  • Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis

26 November 2021

Polar radioactive molecules have been suggested to be exceptionally sensitive systems in the search for signatures of symmetry-violating effects in their structure. Radium monofluoride (RaF) possesses an especially attractive electronic structure for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,793 Views
9 Pages

Binary-Encounter Model for Direct Ionization of Molecules by Positron-Impact

  • Małgorzata Franz,
  • Katarzyna Wiciak-Pawłowska and
  • Jan Franz

24 November 2021

We introduce two models for the computation of direct ionization cross sections by positron impact over a wide range of collision energies. The models are based on the binary-encounter-Bethe model and take into account an extension of the Wannier the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,469 Views
21 Pages

Population Kinetics Modeling of Low-Temperature Argon Plasma

  • Hyun-Kyung Chung,
  • Mi-Young Song,
  • Ji-Won Kwon,
  • Myeong-Geon Lee,
  • Jihoon Park,
  • Namjae Bae,
  • Jeamin Song,
  • Gon-Ho Kim,
  • Dipti and
  • Yuri Ralchenko

24 November 2021

Optical emission spectroscopy has been widely used in low-temperature argon plasma diagnostics. A coronal model is usually used to analyze the measured line ratios for diagnostics with a single temperature and density. However, many plasma processing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,461 Views
8 Pages

22 November 2021

Recently, there has been increased interest in developing advanced bright sources for lithography. Sn ions are particularly promising due to their bright emission spectrum in the required wavelength range. Cowan’s code has been used to model the emis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,295 Views
14 Pages

22 November 2021

More than one hundred years of experimental and theoretical investigations of electron scattering in gases delivered cross-sections in a wide energy range, from few meV to keV. An analogy in optics, characterizing different materials, comes under the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,282 Views
14 Pages

Evaluation of Recommended Cross Sections for the Simulation of Electron Tracks in Water

  • Adrián García-Abenza,
  • Ana I. Lozano,
  • Juan C. Oller,
  • Francisco Blanco,
  • Jimena D. Gorfinkiel,
  • Paulo Limão-Vieira and
  • Gustavo García

22 November 2021

The accuracy of the most recent recommended cross sections dataset for electron scattering from gaseous H2O (J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 2021, 50, 023103) is probed in a joint experimental and computational study. Simulations of the magnetically co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,841 Views
8 Pages

21 November 2021

In this paper, the Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactor (ADSR) was simulated based on the structure of the TRIGA-Mark II reactor by the MCNPX program. The proton beam interacts on the Pb-Bi molten target with various energy levels from 0.5 GeV to 2...

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