Special Issue "Photoionization of Atoms"
A special issue of Atoms (ISSN 2218-2004).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2023 | Viewed by 15731
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photoionization; electron-ion recombination; photo-excitations; electron impact excitation; spectroscopy; X-ray spectroscopy for atomic processes and biomedical applications; database
Interests: atomic, molecular and optical physics; photoionization of ions; negative ions; fundamental processes in low temperature plasma
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photoionization of an atom or ion is one most common processes involving the interaction of a photon with an atom. It is one of the four most dominant atomic processes, along with photo-excitation, electron-ion recombination, and electron impact excitations, in astrophysical plasmas that produce the spectra and hence carries considerable information about the constituent elements and their abundances, plasma opacity, ionization fractions, etc. This special issue will present the precise underlying science of photoionization. Although direct photoionization via absorption of a photon by the atomic system happens, resonances form in the process as the energy of the photon-atom system matches to that of a doubly excited state, known as the autoionizing state, lying above the ionization threshold. It is inherent to study the process with inclusion of resonances. The objective of this issue is to advance the current understanding of atomic photoionization, both theoretically and experimentally, for complex atomic systems with demonstrations of various features in the low and high energy regions, that will impact the accuracy of photoionization environments, modeling of astrophysical and laboratory plasmas and their applications.
Prof. Dr. Sultana N. Nahar
Prof. Dr. Guillermo Hinojosa
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- photoionization
- experimental features
- theoretical features
- benchmarking
- astrophysical applications