Radiation generated by the ultrafast migration of a positive charge following the ionization of a molecular system

Electronic many-body effects alone can be the driving force for an ultrafast migration of a positive charge created upon ionization of molecular systems. Here we show that this purely electronic phenomenon generates a characteristic IR radiation. The situation when the initial ionic wave packet is p...

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Main Authors: Kuleff, Alexander I. (Author) , Cederbaum, Lorenz S. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 31 January 2011
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2011, Volume: 106, Issue: 5, Pages: 1-4
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.053001
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Author Notes:Alexander I. Kuleff and Lorenz S. Cederbaum
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Summary:Electronic many-body effects alone can be the driving force for an ultrafast migration of a positive charge created upon ionization of molecular systems. Here we show that this purely electronic phenomenon generates a characteristic IR radiation. The situation when the initial ionic wave packet is produced by a sudden removal of an electron is also studied. It is shown that in this case a much stronger UV emission is generated. This emission appears as an ultrafast response of the remaining electrons to the perturbation caused by the sudden ionization and as such is a universal phenomenon to be expected in every multielectron system.
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ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.053001