Theory Groups

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Our theoreticalal research groups and links to some of their recent research results.

Brett Esry's Group

Brett's group studies ultracold three-body collisions and intense laser-matter interactions.

Quantum physics: A ménage à trois laid bare
A Nature "News and Views" story on the observation of Efimov states.
Re-examination of the adiabatic Floquet treatment of H₂⁺
A short seminar by Brett Esry available as Acrobat (670 kB).

CD Lin's Group

CD's group studies attosecond physics; laser-atom and laser-molecule interactions; hyperspherical close-coupling theory; ion-atom collisions and three-body scattering theories; and the classification and visualization of correlations of multiply excited states of atoms.

Diabatization: a simple way to get to high-lying excited states
A seminar by Anh-Thu Le available as HTML or PowerPoint (1.0 MB).
Laser-assisted autoionization
A seminar by Zengxiu Zhao available as HTML or PowerPoint (2.2 MB).

Uwe Thumm's Group

Uwe's group is interested in the theory and computation of ion-surface, ion-cluster, electron-atom, photon-atom, and photon-molecule interactions.

Fragmentation Dynamics of H2+ / D2+ in Intense Ultrashort Laser Pulses
A talk by Uwe Thumm available as HTML or PowerPoint (3.2 MB).
Laser-Assisted Electron Capture and Emission in Slow Proton-Hydrogen Collisions
From a poster presentation by Thomas Niederhausen available as HTML or PowerPoint (1.7 MB).

Last updated on Tuesday, 30-Sep-2008