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A Theory of Coulomb Explosion of Molecules
Author(s) -
Lin S. H.,
Mishima K.,
Hayashi M.,
Chang A. H. H.,
Yi J.,
Mebel A. M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the chinese chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2192-6549
pISSN - 0009-4536
DOI - 10.1002/jccs.200100141
Subject(s) - coulomb explosion , auger , chemistry , autoionization , ionization , atomic physics , dissociation (chemistry) , molecule , auger effect , coulomb , laser , nuclear physics , ion , electron , photoionization , physics , quantum mechanics , organic chemistry
In this paper, a theory of Coulomb explosion of molecules in intense laser fields based on the Auger effect will be presented. We first show how to calculate the rate of Auger process and then show that multiple ionization processes can be induced by the Auger effect alone or by the Auger effect followed by autoionization. For the case of molecules, multiple ionization is in general followed by dissociation.