Monte Carlo Event Generators in Atomic Collisions: A New Tool to Tackle the Few-Body Dynamics

Abstract

We present a set of routines to produce theoretical event files, for both single and double ionization of atoms by ion impact, based on a Monte Carlo event generator (MCEG) scheme. Such event files are the theoretical counterpart of the data obtained from a kinematically complete experiment; i.e. They contain the momentum components of all collision fragments for a large number of ionization events. Among the advantages of working with theoretical event files is the possibility to incorporate the conditions present in a real experiment, such as the uncertainties in the measured quantities. Additionally, by manipulating them it is possible to generate any type of cross sections, specially those that are usually too complicated to compute with conventional methods due to a lack of symmetry. Consequently, the numerical effort of such calculations is dramatically reduced. We show examples for both single and double ionization, with special emphasis on a new data analysis tool, called four-body Dalitz plots, developed very recently.

Department(s)

Physics

Keywords and Phrases

Monte Carlo Event Generators; Atomic Collisions; Distorted Wave Formalisms; Single and Double Ionization By Ion Impact

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0010-4655

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Article - Journal

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English

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© 2010 Elsevier, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Apr 2010

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