Few Body Dynamics of Atomic and Molecular Systems

该项目的主要长期目标是开发理论和计算工具，使研究人员能够预测原子和分子系统的行为或解释原子和分子的实验结果。由于计算这些对象的行为的难度随着粒子数量的增加而呈指数级增长，因此即使对象数量的少量增加也会对所需的工作量产生巨大的影响。该项目的主要重点是两个或多个电子可以同时逃离原子/分子的系统，或者高度激发的原子暴露于强场的系统。这些系统可以表现出高度相关的运动，如果没有新的理论或计算技术，就很难理解这种运动。该项目更广泛的影响在于，它推进了原子物理学的知识基础，并为本科生、研究生和博士后研究人员提供了学习科学研究艺术的环境。我们积极鼓励来自代表性不足群体的年轻研究人员加入该项目，并且他们在之前的项目中接受过良好的培训。研究项目的结果发表在同行评审期刊上，并在部门会议、专题研讨会和座谈会上展示，它们可以对其他科学家产生影响。

The main long term goal of this project is to develop theoretical and computational tools that will allow researchers to predict behavior of atomic and molecular systems or explain the results of experiments on atoms and molecules. Because the difficulty in calculating the behavior of these objects grows exponentially with the number of particles, even a small increase in the number of objects can have a huge impact on the effort needed. The main focus of this project is on systems where two or more electrons can simultaneously escape the atom/molecule, or where highly excited atoms are exposed to strong fields. These systems can exhibit highly correlated motion which is difficult to understand without new theoretical or computational techniques.The broader impact of this project is that it advances the base of knowledge in atomic physics and provides an environment where undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers learn the art of scientific research. Young researchers from underrepresented groups are actively encouraged to join this project and they have had good training during previous projects. The results of the research projects are published in peer reviewed journals and presented at divisional meetings, topical workshops, and colloquia, and they can have impact on other scientists.