Exploration of Coulomb explosion dynamics through excited vibrational states of molecules

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2005-01-31Author
Zhou, Zhongyuan
Chu, Shih-I
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American Physical Society
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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The fragmentation dynamics of H2+ molecular ions in intense laser fields is investigated by means of a high-precision ab initio method beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. Special attention is paid to the detailed Coulomb explosion (CE) mechanisms and dynamics through excited vibrational states of H2+. A kinetic-energy release (KER) spectrum and CE phenomenon is predicted, in which the kinetic-energy distribution of H+ ions exhibits a series of peaks separated by one photon energy. A proposed scheme for observation of the KER spectrum and CE dynamics is presented.
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Zhou, Zhongyuan and Chu, Shih-I. "Exploration of Coulomb explosion dynamics through excited vibrational states of molecules." Phys. Rev. A 71, 011402(R) – Published 31 January 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.011402
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