Research at the Department of Physics
Group of Atomic-and Molecular Physics
Atomic and Molecular Physics using
Synchrotron Radiation
View of the synchrotron MAX-II in Lund, Sweden.
Here you can find drawings of MAX I and the whole MAX Laboratory.
Research leaders: Peter Erman, Prof. em. and Elisabeth Rachlew
Visiting scientists: Michael Huels, Gemma Vall-llosera, Antti Kivimäki, Marek Stankiewicz, and Leif Veseth
Keywords: Molecules, Structure, Dynamics, Ultra short lifetimes, Cross sections.
Project description.
Investigations of structure and dynamics of small molecules using synchrotron radiation. Appli cations to chemical physics, astrophysics, fusion research and environmental research.The group has constructed an experimental station which has been in use at the synchrotron facility MAX in Lund, where the decay of synchrotron light excited small molecules is studied using ion- and photon spectrometers and coincidence techniques. Photoionization and photodissocia tion of small fundamental molecules have been studied at valence shell energies as well as at inner shell energies using undulator radiation. Several new structures and resonances have been found, which are of importance for understanding various processes in nature where these molecules participate. Energy distributions of fragment ions from inner shell excitations have been extracted and a new kind of doubly excited molecular states have been found. A new technique for measuring sub-femtosecond lifetimes has been developed.
Sources of funding: Swedish Science Research Council (VR), The Göran Gustafsson Foundation, the Wallenberg foundation
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