Ultrafast laser-driven quantum dynamics in positronium chloride

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Hauptverfasser: Aurbakken, Einar, Kristiansen, Håkon Emil, Kvaal, Simen, Camper, Antoine, Pedersen, Thomas Bondo
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author Aurbakken, Einar
Kristiansen, Håkon Emil
Kvaal, Simen
Camper, Antoine
Pedersen, Thomas Bondo
author_facet Aurbakken, Einar
Kristiansen, Håkon Emil
Kvaal, Simen
Camper, Antoine
Pedersen, Thomas Bondo
contents We present a computational study of the laser-driven quantum dynamics of positronium (Ps), PsH, and PsCl at the time-dependent Hartree-Fock level of theory. To eliminate finite-basis effects and to properly capture continuum dynamics, we use a spherical polar pseudospectral representation. The multicomponent theory and its implementation are described in detail. We find that while the presence of the positron delays electron ionization in PsH, a slight enhancement of electron ionization is observed in PsCl. In both cases, the positronic response is faster than that of the electrons. We propose that the formation of PsCl may be directly observed through photopositron spectra in the multiphoton regime, where PsCl peaks are expected at roughly twice the energy of Ps peaks, making PsCl clearly distuinguishable from Ps. In the tunelling regime, however, photopositron rescattering peaks may only be distuinguishable if the amount of Ps is sufficiently low.
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spellingShingle Ultrafast laser-driven quantum dynamics in positronium chloride
Aurbakken, Einar
Kristiansen, Håkon Emil
Kvaal, Simen
Camper, Antoine
Pedersen, Thomas Bondo
Chemical Physics
We present a computational study of the laser-driven quantum dynamics of positronium (Ps), PsH, and PsCl at the time-dependent Hartree-Fock level of theory. To eliminate finite-basis effects and to properly capture continuum dynamics, we use a spherical polar pseudospectral representation. The multicomponent theory and its implementation are described in detail. We find that while the presence of the positron delays electron ionization in PsH, a slight enhancement of electron ionization is observed in PsCl. In both cases, the positronic response is faster than that of the electrons. We propose that the formation of PsCl may be directly observed through photopositron spectra in the multiphoton regime, where PsCl peaks are expected at roughly twice the energy of Ps peaks, making PsCl clearly distuinguishable from Ps. In the tunelling regime, however, photopositron rescattering peaks may only be distuinguishable if the amount of Ps is sufficiently low.
title Ultrafast laser-driven quantum dynamics in positronium chloride
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17203