We report the experimental observation of photoionization bands of the KCs molecule in the deep ultraviolet spectral region between 200 and 420 nm. We discuss the origin of observed photoionization bands as stemming from the absorption from the ground state of the KCs molecule to the excited states of KCs+ molecule for which we used existing potential curves of the KCs+ molecule...
We present an analytic calculation of Branching Ratio (BR) and Charge-Parity (CP) violating asymmetries of the B s 0 ¯ meson decay into the two light vectors ϕ ϕ . In doing this we calculate the helicity amplitude of the present decay in the framework of QCD factorization approach. We find the BR of B s 0 ¯ → ϕ ϕ = ( 1 . 56 ± 0 . 23 ) × 10 − 5 . We also calculate the direct CP...
To overcome the numerical difficulties inherent in the Maxwell–Boltzmann integral of the velocity-weighted cross section that gives the radiative attachment rate coefficient α R A for producing the negative hydrogen ion H - or its antimatter equivalent, the positive antihydrogen ion H ¯ + , we found the analytic form for this integral. This procedure is useful for temperatures...
We have measured differential yields for double capture and double capture accompanied by ionization in 75 keV p + Ar collisions. Data were taken for two different transverse projectile coherence lengths. A small effect of the projectile coherence properties on the yields were found for double capture, but not for double capture plus ionization. The results suggest that multiple...
γ - γ correlation functions are mathematical expressions that describe the angular distribution of cascade γ -rays emitted from an atomic nucleus. Cascade transitions may occur in either a two-step deexcitation or through an excitation-deexcitation process of a particular energy level inside the nucleus. In both cases, the nucleus returns to its ground energy state. Spin and...
A method for determining the hyperfine anomaly, without using the nuclear magnetic moments, is used on a series of unstable isotopes of Eu. The large number of experimental data in Eu makes it possible to extract the hyperfine anomaly for a number of unstable isotopes. Calculations of the Bohr−Weisskopf effect and hence the hyperfine anomaly are performed using the particle-rotor...
The ExoMol database aims to provide comprehensive molecular line lists for exoplanetary and other hot atmospheres. The data are expanded by inclusion of empirically derived line lists taken from the literature for a series of diatomic molecules, namely CH, NH, OH, AlCl, AlF, OH + , CaF, MgF, KF, NaF, LiCl, LiF, MgH, TiH, CrH, FeH, C 2 , CP, CN, CaH, and triplet N 2 . Generally...
Investigating the Galactic center offers unique insights into the buildup and history of our Galaxy and is a stepping stone to understand galaxies in a larger context. It is reasonable to expect that the stars found in the Galactic center might have a different composition compared to stars found in the local neighborhood around the Sun. It is therefore quite exciting when...
In this paper, we consider the temporal development of the optical density of the H α spectral line in a hydrogen laser-induced plasma. This is achieved by using the so-called duplication method in which the spectral line is re-imaged onto itself and the ratio of the spectral line with it duplication is taken to its measurement without the duplication. We asses the temporal...
From a turbulent history, the study of the abundances of elements in solar energetic particles (SEPs) has grown into an extensive field that probes the solar corona and physical processes of SEP acceleration and transport. Underlying SEPs are the abundances of the solar corona, which differ from photospheric abundances as a function of the first ionization potentials (FIPs) of...
In a previous paper, a variation of the Collision-time Statistics method was applied to identify the relevant perturbers for line broadening under the action of a constant magnetic field. As discussed, that version was simplified and inadequate for low magnetic field and/or large perturber mass (ions). The purpose of the present work is to augment the previous work, so that such...
Charge transfer of an electron from a neutral atom to an ion is a fundamental interaction that plays a dominant role in the energy balance of atmospheric and astrophysical plasmas. The present investigation measured the charge exchange cross sections of noble gas ions (He + , Ne + , Ar + , Kr + ) with N 2 in the intermediate energy range 0.2−5.0 keV. The systems were chosen...
In this study we presented a theoretical investigation of the channeling of high energy protons with the radial deformed (10, 0)@(5, 0) double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWNTs). Proton energy is varied from 0.1 to 10 GeV. The channeling potential within the deformed DWNTs is presented. A Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is used to obtain spatial and angular distributions of channeled...
Spatially resolved, line-of-sight measurements of aluminum monoxide emission spectra in laser ablation plasma are used with Abel inversion techniques to extract radial plasma temperatures. Contour mapping of the radially deconvolved signal intensity shows a ring of AlO formation near the plasma boundary with the ambient atmosphere. Simulations of the molecular spectra were...
Oxygen impurity transport in the typical discharges of the Aditya tokamak was investigated using emissivity radial profile of emissivity of the spectral line (2p3p 3D3−2p3d 3F4) at 650.024 nm from the Be-like oxygen ion. This O4+ spectral line was recorded using a 1.0 m multi-track spectrometer capable of simultaneous measurements from eight lines of sight passing through the...
Stark broadening parameters, width and shift, of lines within B I 2s22p−2s2ns spectral series have been calculated. Semi-classical theory in impact approximation has been applied. Temperature dependence of Stark parameters has been studied. The presented results could be applied for plasma diagnostics.
A hand-held laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy device was used to acquire spectral emission data from laser-induced plasmas created on the surface of cerium-gallium alloy samples with Ga concentrations ranging from 0−3 weight percent. Ionic and neutral emission lines of the two constituent elements were then extracted and used to generate calibration curves relating the...
In the present work, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is used for the discrimination/identification of different plastic/polymeric samples having the same polymeric matrix but containing different additives (as e.g., fillers, flame retardants, etc.). For the classification of the different plastic samples, some machine learning algorithms were employed for the analysis...
The role of the geometric phase effect in chemical reaction dynamics has long been a topic of active experimental and theoretical investigations. The topic has received renewed interest in recent years in cold and ultracold chemistry where it was shown to play a decisive role in state-to-state chemical dynamics. We provide a brief review of these developments focusing on recent...
The famous Cowan’s book, “The Theory of Atomic Structure and Spectra”, published in 1981, and his suite of computer codes based on it, continue to be highly influential in atomic physics and many other research areas. As of September 2018, there have been more than 5000 citations to Cowan’s book and codes, and each year adds about 150 citations to this list. The present work...
In the present investigation, the plane-wave Born approximation was employed to calculate the total ionization cross sections by electron impact of methanol, ethanol and 1-propanol from the threshold of ionization to 10 MeV. This method requires continuum generalized oscillator strengths (CGOSs). The two different semi-phenomenological expressions of CGOS, given by Mayol and...
The production of a plasma by a pulsed laser beam in solids, liquids or gas is often associated with the generation of a strong shock wave, which can be studied and interpreted in the framework of the theory of strong explosion. In this review, we will briefly present a theoretical interpretation of the physical mechanisms of laser-generated shock waves. After that, we will...
The P , T -odd Faraday effect (i.e., rotation of the polarization plane of light propagating through a medium in presence of the external electric field due to P , T symmetry violating interactions) is considered for several atomic species: Ra, Pb, Tl, Hg, Cs, and Xe. Corresponding theoretical simulation of P , T -odd Faraday experiment, with already achieved intracavity...
This work communicates laser-plasma experiments in a gaseous mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen. Time-resolved spectroscopy measures the first four Balmer-series hydrogen lines together with selected neutral and ionized nitrogen lines. Optical breakdown plasma is generated in a 1:1 hydrogen:nitrogen mixture at ambient temperature and 0.27-atm pressure. Time-resolved spectroscopy...