Coulomb explosion in collisions between Kr8+ and N2 molecules

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Movie:
Time dependence of the electronic density in a Kr⁸⁺ + N₂ collision calculated with NA-QMD [1]. The highly-charged ion (HCI) removes all valence electrons of the molecule, leading to its Coulomb explosion.







 

• M. Ehrich, U. Werner, H. O. Lutz, T. Kaneyasu, K. Ishii, K. Okuno, and U. Saalmann, Simultaneous charge polarization and fragmentation of N₂ molecules in slow keV collisions with Kr⁸⁺ ions, Phys. Rev. A 65(3), 030702 (2002).