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The production of the projectile $2s2p\,^{3}\!P$ and $2s2p\,^{1}\!P$ autoionizing states is investigated in 0.5-1.5 MeV/u collisions of He-like carbon and oxygen mixed-state three-component $(1s^2,1s2s\,^{3}\!S,1s2s\,^{1}\!S)$ ion beams…
We study binary and the recently discovered process of ternary He-assisted recombination of H3+ ions with electrons in a low temperature afterglow plasma. The experiments are carried out over a broad range of pressures and temperatures of…
The processes of electron excitation, capture, and ionization were investigated in proton collisions with atomic hydrogen in the initial $n=1$ and $n=2$ states at impact energies from 1 to 300 keV. The theoretical analysis is based on the…
We present the spectra of pre trapping neutrinos emitted from a core collapse supernova (having main sequence masses 15 and 25 $M_{\sun}$) within 1 kpc which can be detected by terrestrial detectors. The neutrino spectrum depends on the…
We explore coherent control of Penning and associative ionization in cold collisions of metastable He$^*({2}^3\text{S})$ atoms via the quantum interference between different states of the He$_2^*$ collision complex. By tuning the…
The present theoretical work addresses the study of the formation of a positive Antihydrogen ion in a single charge exchange reaction where a positronium ( ground or excited state) interacts with a ground state anti-hydrogen atom, being…
Tunneling of electrons traversing a few-electron quantum dot is strongly influenced by the Coulomb interaction leading to Coulomb blockade effects and single-electron tunneling. We present calculations which demonstrate that correlations…
Calculations are presented which use the molecular R-matrix with pseudo-states (MRMPS) method to treat electron impact electron detachment and electronic excitation of the carbon dimer anion. Resonances are found above the ionisation…
In this paper we study theoretically the process of electron capture between one-optical-electron atoms (e.g. hydrogenlike or alkali atoms) and ions at low-to-medium impact velocities (v/v_e <= 1) working on a modification of an already…
Electronic stopping cross sections (SCS) of nickel, silicon and nickel-silicon alloys for protons and helium (He) ions are studied in the regime of medium and low energy ion scattering, i.e., for ion energies in the range from 500 eV to 200…
Non-local energy transfer between bound electronic states close to the ionisation threshold is employed for efficient state preparation in dilute atom systems from technological foundations to quantum computing. The generalisation to…
We report new elastic and inelastic cross sections for O($^3P$)+CO$_2$ scattering at collision energies from 0.03 to 5 eV, of major importance to O escape from Mars, Venus, and CO$_2$-rich atmospheres. The cross sections were calculated…
Collisions between cold polar molecules represent a fascinating research frontier, but have proven hard to probe experimentally. We report measurements of inelastic cross sections for collisions between NO and ND 3 molecules at energies…
Photoabsorption spectra of N$_2$ and CO were recorded at 900K, using the vacuum-ultraviolet Fourier-transform spectrometer at the DESIRS beamline of synchrotron SOLEIL. These high-temperature and high-resolution measurements allow for…
The current generation of cryogenic solid state detectors used in direct dark matter and CE\textnu NS searches typically reach energy thresholds of $\mathcal{O}$(10)$\,$eV for nuclear recoils. For a reliable calibration in this energy…
We report the first measurement of the \eep three-body breakup reaction cross sections in helium-3 ($^3$He) and tritium ($^3$H) at large momentum transfer ($\langle Q^2 \rangle \approx 1.9$ (GeV/c)$^2$) and $x_B>1$ kinematics, where the…
We investigate experimentally and theoretically the electron emission in collisions between He atoms and Li$^{q+}$ (q=1,2) projectiles at intermediate-high incident energies. We report on measured absolute values of double differential…
We report the observation of charge-exchange collisions between trapped calcium monohydride molecular ions ($^{40}$CaH$^+$) and ultracold potassium atoms ($^{39}$K) in a hybrid ion-atom trap. The measured charge-exchange rate coefficient is…
The non-linear response of a beam splitter to the coincident arrival of interacting particles enables numerous applications in quantum engineering and metrology yet poses considerable challenge to achieve focused interactions on the…
The energy dependence of the rates of the reactions between He$^+$ and ammonia (NY$_3$, Y= {H,D}), forming NY$_2^+$, Y and He as well as NY$^+$, Y$_2$ and He, and the corresponding product branching ratios have been measured at low…