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XUV Pump-Probe Experiments on Diatomic Molecules

Tracing the Dynamics of Electron Rearrangement and Interatomic Coulombic Decay

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Kirsten Schnorr

    1. Department of Quantum Dynamics and Control, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany

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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

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Kirsten Schnorr
    Pages 1-8

  3. Photoionization and Interatomic Coulombic Decay

    • Kirsten Schnorr
    Pages 9-44

  4. Free-Electron Lasers

    • Kirsten Schnorr
    Pages 45-55

  5. Experimental Setup

    • Kirsten Schnorr
    Pages 57-81

  6. Data Analysis

    • Kirsten Schnorr
    Pages 83-97

  7. Ionization Dynamics of \(\text {I}_{2}\) in XUV and IR Laser Pulses

    • Kirsten Schnorr
    Pages 99-148

  8. ICD Lifetime in \(\text {Ne}_{\mathbf {2}}\)

    • Kirsten Schnorr
    Pages 149-179

  9. Conclusions and Outlook

    • Kirsten Schnorr
    Pages 181-188

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 189-191
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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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  • Department of Quantum Dynamics and Control, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany

    Kirsten Schnorr

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