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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The Physics of Irradiation, from Molecules to Nano-objects -- 1.1. An appetizer -- 1.1.1. Plasmonic Effects in Cluster Irradiation -- 1.1.2. Electronic Relaxation Driven by Ultrashort Laser Pulses -- 1.1.3. Ion-Induced Fragmentation of Uracil: The Role of Environment -- 1.2. General features -- 1.2.1. Systems, Time and Spatial Scales -- 1.2.2. A Generic Irradiation Scenario -- 1.2.3. Typical Observables -- 1.3. Some challenges -- 1.3.1. From Indirect Observables to Complete Experiments |
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1.3.2. Theoretical Challenges -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Tools -- 2.1. General description of many electrons systems -- 2.1.1. Representations and the Many-Body Hamiltonian -- 2.1.2. Wavefunctions -- 2.1.3. Density Matrices -- 2.1.4. Green's Functions -- 2.1.5. Density Functional Theory (DFT) -- 2.2. Mean-field dynamics -- 2.2.1. Descriptions of an Independent-Particle State -- 2.2.2. Hartree-Fock -- 2.2.3. Practitioners Density Functional Theory (DFT) -- 2.2.4. Simplified Versions of TDLDA and TDHF -- 2.3. Beyond mean field -- 2.3.1. What are Correlations -- 2.3.2. Why Do We Need Correlations |
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2.3.3. Exact Solution of the Many-Body Schrödinger Equation -- 2.3.4. Correlations Constructed from Wavefunctions -- 2.3.5. Dynamics in Terms of Density Matrices -- 2.3.6. The GW Extension of DFT -- 2.3.7. Quantum Kinetic Equations and Related Methods -- 2.3.8. Stochastic Approaches -- 2.3.9. Covering Statistical Fluctuations -- 2.3.10. Preliminary Conclusions on Theories of Correlations -- 2.4. Semiclassical and macroscopic approximations -- 2.4.1. Vlasov- and VUU Dynamics -- 2.4.2. MD Approximations for Electrons -- 2.4.3. Plasmons in Large Systems |
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2.5. Coupling of electrons to nuclear motion and molecular environments -- 2.5.1. Adiabatic and Non-Adiabatic Approximation -- 2.5.2. Adiabatic Molecular Dynamics -- 2.5.3. Ehrenfest Dynamics -- 2.5.4. Non-Adiabatic Dynamics Beyond Ehrenfest -- 2.5.5. The Role of The Environment: Dissipative Dynamics -- Chapter 3: Physical Mechanisms and How to Access Them -- 3.1. An after dinner reassessment of appetizers -- 3.1.1. Plasmonics and Ionic Dynamics -- 3.1.2. Ultra Fast Electronic Dynamics -- 3.1.3. The Role of Environment -- 3.2. Excitation mechanisms -- formal background -- 3.2.1. Laser Fields |
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3.2.2. Charged Projectiles -- 3.2.3. Instantaneous Boost -- 3.3. Key physical mechanisms to be analyzed -- 3.3.1. The Variety of Physical Mechanisms -- 3.3.2. Ionization Mechanisms with Lasers -- 3.4. Theoretical evaluation of major experimental observables -- 3.4.1. Ionic Quantities -- 3.4.2. Photo-Absorption Spectra -- 3.4.3. Energetic Aspects -- 3.4.4. Observables From Electron Emission -- 3.4.5. More Elaborate Observables -- 3.5. Numerical considerations -- 3.5.1. Representation of Wavefunctions and Fields -- 3.5.2. Some Typical Solution Schemes |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 4: Analysis of Irradiation Induced Dynamics |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Reinhard, Paul-Gerhard
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Stella, Lorenzo
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Suraud, Eric
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| ISBN |
9781003846307 |
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1003846300 |
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