Uwe Thumm
Professor
Address:	212 Cardwell Hall
Phone:	(785) 532-1613
E-mail:	thumm@phys.ksu.edu
Personal Webpage
Ph.D. University of Freiburg, 1989
M.S.  University of Freiburg, 1985

Research Area

Atomic Molecular & Optical Physics

• Interactions of ions and atoms with atoms, clusters and solid surfaces
• Laser-atom and laser-molecule interactions
• Electron-atom collisions
• Theoretical and numerical methods in atomic and surface physics
• Computer simulations

Research Support

• Department of Energy
• National Science Foundation

Recent Selected Publications

• "Time-series analysis of vibrational nuclear wave packet dynamics in D₂⁺," U. Thumm, T. Niederhausen, and B. Feuerstein, Phys. Rev. A 77, 063401 (2008).
• “Controlled vibrational quenching of nuclear wave packets in D₂⁺," T. Niederhausen and U. Thumm, Phys. Rev. A 77, 013407 (2008).
• "Towards a complete characterization of molecular dynamics in ultra-short-laser fields," B. Feuerstein, T. Ergler, A. Rudenko, K. Zrost, C.D. Schroeder, R. Moshammer, J. Ulrich, T. Niederhausen, and U. Thumm, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 153002 (2007).
• "'Step-up' versus 'Step-down' Scattering Asymmetry in the Neutralization of H^- on Free Electron Vicinal Metal Surace," B. Obreshkov and U. Thumm, Surface Science 601, 3, 622-631 (2007).
• "Capture and ionization in laser-assisted proton –hydrogen collisions”, T. Niederhausen and U. Thumm, Phys. Rev. A 73 041404(R) (2006).
• “Neutralization of H- near vicinal metal surfaces”, B. Obreshkov and U. Thumm, Phys. Rev. A 74, 012901 (2006).
• “On the effect of image states on resonant neutralization of hydrogen anions near metal surfaces”, H.S. Chakraborty, T. Niederhausen, and U. Thumm, Nucl. Inst. Meth. B 241, 43 (2005).