Experimental Atomic and Molecular Physics

Momentum space �photographs� of the double ionization of D2 molecules by a fast ion.� The angular distribution in the lower right pane shows the strong anisotropy of the doubly ionizing events.

 

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Overview

 

Our research group is interested in the fundamental interactions between ionizing radiation and gas-phase matter.� Using a �reaction microscope� in our laboratory, we are able to measure the momentum-space probability distributions for particles ejected when atoms or molecules are ionized by fast ions from the Auburn University Ion Accelerator.� We are also involved in an international collaboration at the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where we study atoms and molecules that interact with photons from a synchrotron.

 

(Left) Momentum space �photographs� of the photoionization of CO molecules just above the carbon K-edge.� The red concentric rings correspond to peaks in the fragment energy distribution (below).

 

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