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Latest advances in atomic cluster collisions : structure and dynamics from the nuclear to the biological scale /

This book presents a "snapshot" of the most recent and significant advances in the field of cluster physics. It is a comprehensive review based on contributions by the participants of the 2nd International Symposium on Atomic Cluster Collisions (ISACC 2007) held in July 19-23, 2007 at GSI,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: ISACC 2007 Darmstadt, Germany, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, World Scientific (Firm), International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions
Otros Autores: Connerade, J. P., Solov'yov, Andrey V.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Singapore : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • pt. A. Clustering phenomena at nuclear and subnuclear scales. Heaviest nuclei from [symbol]Ca-induced reactions. Production and decay of superheavy nuclei. clustering phenomena in fission and fusion processes of heavy nuclei. Nuclear molecules. Properties of heavy and superheavy nuclei in supernova environments
  • pt. B. Structure and properties of atomic clusters. Clusters, quantum confinement and energy storage. Site-specific analysis of response properties of sodium clusters. Magnetism in clusters. Strontium clusters: electronic and geometry shell effects. New deformed single-particle shell model
  • pt. C. Electron, photon and ion cluster collisions. Top rotors in electric fields: influence of the asymmetry, the flexibility and the structure of the molecules. Electron scattering on neon droplets: singly and multiply charged neon clusters. Dynamical screening of an atom confined within a finite-width fullerene. Photoionization and fragmentation of fullerene ions. Collision of transition metal cluster ions with simple molecules
  • pt. D. Clusters on a surface. Infrared spectroscopy and thermal desorption study of vanadium-Mesitylene 1:2 sandwich clusters soft-landed onto a long-chain N-alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayer. Simulation of the nanoindentation procedure on pure nickel on the smallest length scale: a simple atomistic level model
  • pt. E. Phase transitions, fusion, fission and fragmentation in finite systems. Quantum Structuring of [symbol]He atoms around ionic dopants: energetics of Li[symbol], Na[symbol] and K[symbol] from stochastic calculations. On the theory of phase transitions in polypeptides. Translational kinetic energy released in the dissociative cascade of charged rare-gas clusters: hints for finite size phase transitions?
  • pt. F. Clusters in laser fields. Dynamics of metal clusters: free, embedded and deposited. Phase, amplitude, and polarization shaping by interferometric pulse generation
  • pt. G. Clustering phenomenon in system of various degrees of complexity. Electron-positron clusters: structure and stability. Spectroscopy of neutral retinal and GFP chromophores in the gas phase. The energy landscape as a computational tool
  • pt. H. Structure and dynamics of biomolecules. Theoretical framework for the interpretation of NMR residual dipolar couplings of unfolded proteins. Computational simulations of antibody: antigen unbinding. Iron mineral based magnetoreception mechanism in birds. Biophysical modeling of fragment distributions of DNA plasmids after heavy ion irradiation
  • pt. I. From biomolecules to cells and system biology. Towards Monte Carlo calculations of biological dose in heavy-ion therapy: modeling of nuclear fragmentation reactions. Mechanisms of radiation damage of biomolecules. On modeling of gene expression patterns in the Drosophila embryo by the gene circuit method.