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Picosecond solvation dynamics of alkali cations in superfluid 4He nanodroplets

Leal, Antonio
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Mateo, David
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Hernando de Castro, Alberto
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2014
Physical Review B

The dynamics following the photoionization of neutral Rb and Cs atoms residing in a dimple at the surface of a superfluid 4He1000 nanodroplet has been investigated within time-dependent density functional theory, complementing a previous study on Ba. The calculations reveal that structured high density helium solvation layers form around both the Rb+ and Cs+ cation on a picosecond time scale, forming so-called snowballs. In contrast to the Rb+ ion, Cs+ is not solvated by the 4He1000 droplet but rather desorbs from it as a Cs+Hen snowball. This outcome is partially related to the large size of Cs+ cation in relation to the helium droplet as is revealed by calculations performed using a planar helium surface. The large droplet deformations induced by the solvation of the Rb+ cation is found to lead to efficient nucleation of quantized vortex loops or rings.

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DOI
10.1063/1.1416492
Web of Science ID

WOS:000346860500001

Author(s)
Leal, Antonio
Mateo, David
Hernando de Castro, Alberto
Pi, Marti
Barranco, Manuel
Ponti, Alessandro
Cargnoni, Fausto
Drabbels, Marcel  
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

American Physical Society

Published in
Physical Review B
Volume

90

Article Number

224518

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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LCPM  
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October 30, 2014
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