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A: Atomphysik

A 12: Atomare Systeme in externen Feldern I

A 12.1: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 14:00–14:30, H6

The geometry of time-dependent transition states — •T. Bartsch, T. Uzer, J. Moix, and R. Hernandez — Center for Nonlinear Science, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

The paradigm of Transition State Theory, though taken from chemical reaction dynamics, is applicable to processes as diverse as the ionization of atoms and the capture of asteroids. We present a construction that makes Transition State Theory available to systems under external driving and promises applications to atoms and molecules in laser fields or atomic recombination in plasmas.