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Correlated Dynamics of the Motion of Proton-Hole Wave Packets in a Photoionized Water Cluster

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Li,  Zheng
International Max Planck Research School for Ultrafast Imaging & Structural Dynamics (IMPRS-UFAST), Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Max Planck Society;
Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany;
Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany;

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.038302
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.4686
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Li, Z., Madjet, M.-E.-A., Vendrell, O., & Santra, R. (2013). Correlated Dynamics of the Motion of Proton-Hole Wave Packets in a Photoionized Water Cluster. Physical Review Letters, 110(3): 038302. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.038302.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002B-2309-F
Abstract
We explore the correlated dynamics of an electron hole and a proton after ionization of a protonated
water cluster by extreme ultraviolet light. An ultrafast decay mechanism is found in which the proton-hole
dynamics after the ionization are driven by electrostatic repulsion and involve a strong coupling between
the nuclear and electronic degrees of freedom. We describe the system by a quantum-dynamical approach
and show that nonadiabatic effects are a key element of the mechanism by which electron and proton repel
each other and become localized at opposite sides of the cluster. Based on the generality of the decay
mechanism, similar effects may be expected for other ionized systems featuring hydrogen bonds.