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    Even-parity autoionizing states in the extreme-ultraviolet photoabsorption spectra of Mg, Alâș, and SiÂČâș

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    The dual-laser-produced plasma (DLP) photoabsorption technique has been used to study 2p→3s excitations in the isoelectronic species Mg, Al+, and Si2+ prepared in the excited configuration 2p63s3p. The autoionizing upper states belong to the 2p53s23p even-parity configuration. The versatility of the technique is demonstrated through a careful combination of space- and time-resolved photoabsorption scans. Plasma conditions optimized for the observation of the inaccessible parity regime were successfully reproduced along the isoelectronic sequence of interest. All the observed transitions were interpreted with the help of multiconfigurational atomic structure calculations. In the case of magnesium, the photoabsorption data are compared with the ejected-electron spectra excited by low-energy electron impact of Pejcev et al. [J. Phys. B 10, 2389 (1977)]

    Roadmap on dynamics of molecules and clusters in the gas phase

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    This roadmap article highlights recent advances, challenges and future prospects in studies of the dynamics of molecules and clusters in the gas phase. It comprises nineteen contributions by scientists with leading expertise in complementary experimental and theoretical techniques to probe the dynamics on timescales spanning twenty order of magnitudes, from attoseconds to minutes and beyond, and for systems ranging in complexity from the smallest (diatomic) molecules to clusters and nanoparticles. Combining some of these techniques opens up new avenues to unravel hitherto unexplored reaction pathways and mechanisms, and to establish their significance in, e.g. radiotherapy and radiation damage on the nanoscale, astrophysics, astrochemistry and atmospheric science

    Ailes lointaines des raies interdites du cesium en prĂ©sence de gaz rares : Potentiels d’interaction et force d’oscillateur des transitions induites par collisions

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    On Ă©tudie la dĂ©pendance en fonction de la tempĂ©rature des profils des ailes lointaines des raies Ă©largies par collisions atome-atome. L’interprĂ©tation quasi-statique (molĂ©culaire) de ces dĂ©pendances permet de remonter, sous certaines conditions, aux potentiels d’interaction entre les partenaires de la collision pour des distances interatomiques de Tordre de 3 Ă  6 Å. Dans le cas des raies interdites pour l’atome isolĂ©, la transition radiative est provoquĂ©e par la collision et Ton peut dĂ©duire de l’étude des ailes la force d’oscillateur de cette transition induite en fonction de la distance entre l’atome qui absorbe (ou Ă©met) le rayonnement et le perturbateur. Le choix de l’étude s’est portĂ© sur les couples cĂ©sium-gaz rares et les transitions 6S-7S et 6S-5D5/2 dont les ailes lointaines sont suffisamment isolĂ©es. Les potentiels et les forces d’oscillateur obtenus sont comparĂ©s aux valeurs calculĂ©es Ă  partir des mĂ©thodes de pseudo potentiels [Ref. 4-7]. Ces comparaisons montrent que les forces d’oscillateurs sont relativement bien prĂ©dites alors que l’accord est en gĂ©nĂ©ral moins bon pour les potentiels
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