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Two-center dielectronic recombination

Atomic Physics 2015-03-13 v1

Abstract

In the presence of a neighboring atom, electron-ion recombination can proceed resonantly via excitation of an electron in the atom, with subsequent relaxation through radiative decay. It is shown that this two-center dielectronic process can largely dominate over single-center radiative recombination at internuclear distances as large as several nanometers. The relevance of the predicted process is demonstrated by using examples of water-dissolved alkali cations and warm dense matter.

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@article{arxiv.1003.6083,
  title  = {Two-center dielectronic recombination},
  author = {C. Müller and A. B. Voitkiv and J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia and Z. Harman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.6083},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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