Ultrafast Resonant Interatomic Coulombic Decay Induced by Quantum Fluid Dynamics
Aaron LaForge, Rupert Michiels, Yevheniy Ovcharenko, Aaron Ngai, José María Escartín, N. Berrah, Carlo Callegari, Andrew P. Clark, Marcello Coreno, Riccardo Cucini, Michele Di Fraia, Marcel Drabbels, Elke Faßhauer, P. Finetti, L. Giannessi, Cesare Grazioli, Denys Iablonskyi, Bruno Langbehn, Toshiyuki Nishiyama, V. Oliver, P. Piseri, Oksana Plekan, Kevin C. Prince, Daniela Rupp, Stefano Stranges, Kiyoshi Ueda, Nicolas Sisourat, Jussi Eloranta, M. Pí, M. Barranco, F. Stienkemeier, T. Möller, M. Mudrich
Abstract
Bubbles in helium droplets form around excited atoms and greatly accelerate interatomic Coulombic decay, showing how environment enhances this biologically relevant energy-sharing process among atoms and molecules.
Topics & Concepts
Ultrashort pulsePhysicsDynamics (music)QuantumAtomic physicsQuantum mechanicsLaserAcousticsQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research