REVIEWS LIGHT & HEAVY PARTICLE COLLISIONS ATOMS & MOLECULES

This book offers a comprehensive and authoritative survey of current research on ion–atom and ion–molecule collision dynamics across a wide range of energies. The volume brings together contributions from leading experts who present theoretical frameworks, computational methodologies, and experimental advances for understanding single and multiple electronic processes (charge exchange, ionization, etc.). The chapters cover both light and heavy projectiles impacting on atoms and molecules, providing detailed approaches and discussions on semiclassical, quantum, and molecular dynamics as well as on their astrophysical and biomedical relevance and applications.

By integrating perspectives from theory, stochastic simulation, and experiment, this book highlights the fundamental mechanisms underlying collisional processes. It emphasizes the connections between atomic-scale dynamics and broader ramifications. Various topics dealing with high-precision measurements as well as with perturbative and non-perturbative theories and versatile computational methods are treated with depth and clarity. This volume will serve as an invaluable reference for physicists, chemists, and interdisciplinary researchers engaged in atomic and molecular collision physics, plasma diagnostics, as well as in radiation science, fusion research and radiotherapy, thus offering both a state-of-the-art overview and insights into future directions of the field.

Contents:

• State-Selective Charge Exchange with Low-Energy Highly Charged Ions
• Pre- and Post-Collision Kinematics in Fully Differential Ionization by Fast Positron and Electron Impacts
• Single Ionization of Atoms and Molecules by Electron and Positron Impact
• Recent Theoretical Advances in Electron Emission by Impact of Dressed and Bare Ions on Atoms and Molecules
• Multiple Ionization of Water, Methane and Ammonia Molecules Colliding with Proton Beams
• The Independent Atom Model - Pixel Counting Method for Ion#&x2013;Molecule Collisions
• Quantum and Classical Molecular Dynamics Methods for Studying Atomic Collisions in Organic Media
• Single Ionization of Helium Atom by 75 keV Protons Near the Cusp Region
• Single Electron Capture by Fast Positive Ions in Collisions With Hydrogen Molecules
• Adiabatic Asymptotic Theory of One- and Two-Electron Charge Exchange Processes Involving Polar Molecules
• Perturbative Theories for Electron Transfer in Heavy Particle Collisions at Intermediate and High Energies

Readership: Graduate students and researchers in atomic, molecular and optical physics, plasma physics and radiation science, as well as medical physicists.