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- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
- Introductory chapters with numerous clear illustrations make the topic accessible to non-experts
- Presents measurement of novel relaxation mechanism with overview of theoretical treatment
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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This book explores the relaxation dynamics of inner-valence-ionized diatomic molecules on the basis of extreme-ultraviolet pump-probe experiments performed at the free-electron laser (FEL) in Hamburg. Firstly, the electron rearrangement dynamics in dissociating multiply charged iodine molecules is studied in an experiment that made it possible to access charge transfer in a thus far unexplored quasimolecular regime relevant for plasma and chemistry applications of the FEL. Secondly the lifetime of an efficient non-radiative relaxation process that occurs in weakly bound systems is measured directly for the first time in a neon dimer (Ne2). Interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD) has been identified as the dominant decay mechanism in inner-valence-ionized or excited van-der-Waals and hydrogen bonded systems, the latter being ubiquitous in all biomolecules. The role of ICD in DNA damage thus demands further investigation, e.g. with regard to applications like radiation therapy.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: XUV Pump-Probe Experiments on Diatomic Molecules
Book Subtitle: Tracing the Dynamics of Electron Rearrangement and Interatomic Coulombic Decay
Authors: Kirsten Schnorr
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12139-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12138-3Published: 15 January 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36555-8Published: 24 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12139-0Published: 29 December 2014
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 191
Number of Illustrations: 70 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Classical Electrodynamics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Medical and Radiation Physics
Keywords
- Efficient Non-radiative Relaxation Process
- Electron Rearrangment Dynamics
- Excited van-der-Waals and Hydrogen Bonded Systems
- ICD and DNA Damage
- Inner-shell Ionized Molecules
- Inner-valence-ionized Biomolecules
- Interatomic Coulombic Decay
- Lifetime of Non-radiative Relaxation Process
- Multiphoton Ionization in XUV
- Time-resolved Ultrafast Relaxation Dynamics
- XUV Energy Regime