KuTenk 2000 - SPHY253807-Latest Advances in Atomic Cluster Collisions—Fission, Fusion, Electron, Ion and Photon Impact

by Jean-Patrick Connerade and Andrey V. Solov'yov 

2004 (398 pages)

ISBN:9781860944956

By surveying general aspects of atomic cluster science and its important new challenges, this comprehensive volume details recent advances in the understanding of structure and properties of selected atomic cluster systems, fullerenes and confined atoms.

Latest Advances in Atomic Cluster Collisions—Fission, Fusion, Electron, Ion and Photon Impact

Preface

Atomic Cluster Science—Introductory Notes

Part I - Structure and Properties of Atomic Clusters

Confined Atoms in Bubbles, Clusters, Fullerenes, Quantum Dots and Solids

Simulation of Melting and Ionization Potential of Metal Clusters

New Approach to Density Functional Theory and Description of Spectra of Finite Electron Systems

Ab Initio Calculations and Modelling of Atomic Cluster Structure

Electric and Magnetic Orbital Modes in Spherical and Deformed Metal Clusters

Geometric Structure and Dynamics of Mixed Clusters and Biomolecules

Cluster Studies in Ion Traps

Part II - Photoabsorption and Photoionization of Clusters

Study of Delocalized Electron Clouds by Photoionization of Fullerenes in Fourier Reciprocal Space

Jellium Model for Photoionization of Fullerenes

Photoabsorption of Small Sodium and Magnesium Clusters

Multiphoton Excitation of Plasmons in Clusters

Part III - Fission and Fusion Dynamics of Clusters

Exotic Fission Processes in Nuclear Physics

Effects of Ionic Cores in Small Rare Gas Clusters—Positive and Negative Charges

Metal Cluster Fission—Jellium Model and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Multifragmentation, Clustering, and Coalescence in Nuclear Collisions

Dynamics of Multiple Evaporation in the Mixed Atomic Ar6Ne7 Cluster

Part IV - Electron Scattering on Clusters

Low-Energy Electron Attachment to Van Der Waals Clusters

Plasmon Excitations in Electron Collisions with Metal Clusters and Fullerenes

Photoionization of Alkali Nanoparticles and Clusters

Magnetic Excitations Induced by Projectile in Ferromagnetic Cluster

Part V - Clusters in Laser Fields

Collision and Laser Induced Dynamics of Molecules and Clusters

Probing the Dynamics of Ionization Processes in Clusters

Clusters in Intense Laser Fields

Learning About Clusters by Teaching Lasers to Control Them

Part VI - Ion-Cluster Collisions

Collision of Metal Clusters with Simple Molecules—Adsorption and Reaction

Stability and Fragmentation of Highly Charged Fullerene Clusters

Fullerene Collision and Ionization Dynamics

Multiple Ionization and Fragmentation of C60 in Collisions with Fast Ions

Electron and Ion Impact on Fullerene Ions

Part VII - Clusters on a Surface

Collisions of Electrons and Photons with Supported Atoms, Supported Clusters and Solids—Changes in Electronic Properties

Deposition and STM Observation of Size-Selected Platinum Clusters on Silicon(111)-7X7 Surface

Silicon Cluster Lattice System (CLS) Formed on an Amorphous Carbon Surface by Supersonic Cluster Beam Irradiation