Laser-induced few-body quantum dynamics beyond the mean-field and Born-Oppenheimer approximations

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Dieter Bauer
• Subject Area: Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas
• Term: from 2005 to 2010
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 20517332

The correlated dynamics of laser-driven few-particle systems will be investigated. We will focus primarily on atoms and small molecules in intense laser fields. While in atoms electron-electron correlation effects will be analyzed by comparison of various approaches, the main concern in laser-molecule interactions will be the non-Born-Oppenheimer description of quantum nuclear dynamics and electron-core entanglement. The project aims at providing insight into the general problem of how driven few- and many-particle systems may be accessed by theoretical methods beyond single-active-particle and mean-field descriptions.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• Participating Person: Professor Dr. Manfred Lein