Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Theory Group Lawrence Berkeley National Lab U.C. Davis U.C. Berkeley

Recent Publications

• Classical Two-Slit Interference Effects in Double Photoionization of Molecular Hydrogen at High Energies
  D. A. Horner, S. Miyabe, T. N. Rescigno, C. W. McCurdy, F. Morales, and F. Martín
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 183002 (2008) [abstract]
• Triple differential cross sections and nuclear recoil in two-photon double ionization of helium
  D. A. Horner, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 78, 043416 (2008) [abstract]
• Three-body breakup in dissociative electron attachment to the water molecule
  Daniel J. Haxton, Thomas N. Rescigno, and C. William McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 73, 040702 (2008) [abstract]
• Hybrid Gaussian discrete variable representation approach to molecular continuum processes: Application to photoionization of diatomic Li₂⁺
  F. L. Yip, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 78, 023405 (2008) [abstract]
• Ultrafast Probing of Core Hole Localization in N₂
  M. S. Schöffler, et. al.
  Science 320, 920 (2008) [abstract]
• Fragmentation pathways for selected electronic states of the acetylene dication
  T. Osipov, et. al.
  J. Phys. B 41, 091001 (2008) [abstract]
• Decoding sequential versus nonsequential two-photon double ionization of helium using nuclear recoil
  D. A. Horner, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 77, 030703 (2008) [abstract]
• Cross sections for short-pulse single and double ionization of helium
  A. Palacios, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 77, 032716 (2008) [abstract]
• Application of exterior complex scaling to positron-hydrogen collisions including rearrangement
  Philip L. Bartlett, Andris T. Stelbovics, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 77, 032710 (2008) [abstract]
• Probing the nonlocal approximation to resonant collisions of electrons with diatomic molecules
  Karel Houfek, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 77, 012710 (2008) [abstract]
• Erratum:"Dissociative electron attachment to the H₂O molecule. II. Nuclear dynamics on coupled electronic surfaces within the local complex potential model" [Phys. Rev. A 75, 012711 (2007)]
  Daniel J. Haxton, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 76, 049907 (2007) [abstract]
• Erratum:"Dissociative electron attachment to the H₂O molecule I. Complex-valued potential-energy surfaces for the ²B₁, ²A₁, and ²B₂ metastable states of the water anion" [Phys. Rev. A 75, 012710 (2007)]
  Daniel J. Haxton, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 76, 049906 (2007) [abstract]
• Extracting amplitudes for single and double ionization from a time-dependent wave packet
  A. Palacios, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 76, 043420 (2007) [abstract]
• Two-photon double ionization of helium above and below the threshold for sequential ionization
  D. A. Horner, F. Morales, T. N. Rescigno, F. Martín, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 76, 030701 (2007) [abstract]
• Single and triple differential cross sections for double photoionization of H^-
  F. L. Yip, D. A. Horner, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 75, 042715 (2007) [abstract]
• Nuclear dynamics in resonant electron collisions with small polyatomic molecules
  T N Rescigno, C W McCurdy, D J Haxton, C S Trevisan and A E Orel
  J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 88, 012027 (2007) [abstract]
• Role of Nuclear Motion in Double Ionization of Molecular Hydrogen by a Single Photon
  D. A. Horner, W. Vanroose, T. N. Rescigno, F. Martín, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 073001 (2007) [abstract]
• Dissociative electron attachment to the H₂O molecule. II. Nuclear dynamics on coupled electronic surfaces within the local complex potential model
  Daniel J. Haxton, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 75, 012711 (2007) [abstract]
• Dissociative electron attachment to the H₂O molecule I. Complex-valued potential-energy surfaces for the ²B₁, ²A₁, and ²B₂ metastable states of the water anion
  Daniel J. Haxton, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 75, 012710 (2007) [abstract]
• Electron- and positron-impact atomic scattering calculations using propagating exterior complex scaling
  P L Bartlett, A T Stelbovics, T N Rescigno and C W McCurdy
  J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 88, 012011 (2007) [abstract]
• Comment on 'A wave packet method for treating nuclear dynamics on complex potentials'
  Daniel J Haxton, C W McCurdy and T N Rescigno
  J. Phys. B 40, 1461 (2007) [abstract]
• Double photoionization of aligned molecular hydrogen
  W. Vanroose, D. A. Horner, F. Martín, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 74, 052702 (2006) [abstract]
• Elastic scattering of low-energy electrons by tetrahydrofuran
  C S Trevisan, A E Orel, and T N Rescigno
  J. Phys. B 39, L255 (2006) [abstract]
• Angular dependence of dissociative electron attachment to polyatomic molecules: Application to the ²B₁ metastable state of the H₂O and H₂S anions
  Daniel J. Haxton, C. William McCurdy, and Thomas N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 73, 062724 (2006) [abstract]
• Dynamics of Low-Energy Electron Attachment to Formic Acid
  T. N. Rescigno, C. S. Trevisan, and A. E. Orel
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 213201 (2006) [abstract]
• Numerically solvable model for resonant collisions of electrons with diatomic molecules
  Karel Houfek, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 73, 032721 (2006) [abstract]
• Validity of the isolated resonance picture for H₂ autoionizing states
  Felipe Morales, C. William McCurdy, and Fernando Martín
  Phys. Rev. A 73, 014702 (2006) [abstract]
• Resonant electron-CF collision processes
  C. S. Trevisan, A. E. Orel, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 72, 062720 (2005) [abstract]
• Complete Photo-Induced Breakup of the H₂ Molecule as a Probe of Molecular Electron Correlation
  Wim Vanroose, Fernando Martín, Thomas N. Rescigno, and C. William McCurdy
  Science 2005 December 16; 310:1787-1789 [abstract] [article]
• Hybrid approach to molecular continuum processes combining Gaussian basis functions and the discrete variable representation
  T. N. Rescigno, D. A. Horner, F. L. Yip, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 72, 052709 (2005) [abstract]
• Topology of the adiabatic potential energy surfaces for the resonance states of the water anion
  D. J. Haxton, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 72, 022705 (2005) [abstract]
• Nonlocal model of dissociative electron attachment and vibrational excitation of NO
  C. S. Trevisan, K. Houfek, Z. Zhang, A. E. Orel, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 71, 052714 (2005) [abstract]
• Electron-impact excitation-autoionization of helium in the S-wave limit
  D. A. Horner, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 71, 010701(R) (2005) [abstract]
• Electron-helium scattering in the S-wave model using exterior complex scaling
  D. A. Horner, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 71, 012701 (2005) [abstract]
• Nonperturbative theory of double photoionization of the hydrogen molecule
  W. Vanroose, F. Martín, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 70, 050703(R) (2004) [abstract]
• Symmetrized complex amplitudes for He double photoionization from the time-dependent close coupling and exterior complex scaling methods
  D. A. Horner, J. Colgan, F. Martín, C. W. McCurdy, M. S. Pindzola, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 70, 064701 (2004) [abstract]
• Solving the three-body Coulomb breakup problem using exterior complex scaling
  C. W. McCurdy, M. Baertschy and T. N. Rescigno
  J. Phys. B 37, R137 (2004) [abstract]
• Ab initio study of low-energy electron collisions with tetrafluoroethene C₂F₄
  C. S. Trevisan, A. E. Orel, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 70, 012704 (2004) [abstract]
• Complex potential surface for the ²B₁ metastable state of the water anion
  Daniel J. Haxton, Zhiyong Zhang, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 69, 062713 (2004) [abstract]
• Dynamics of dissociative attachment of electrons to water through the ²B₁ metastable state of the anion
  Daniel J. Haxton, Zhiyong Zhang, H-D. Meyer, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 69, 062714 (2004) [abstract]
• Low-energy electron scattering of NO: Ab initio analysis of the ³Sigma^-, ¹Delta , and ¹Sigma⁺ shape resonances in the local complex potential model
  Zhiyong Zhang, Wim Vanroose, C. W. McCurdy, A. E. Orel, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 69, 062711 (2004) [abstract]
• Theoretical treatment of double photoionization of helium using a B-spline implementation of exterior complex scaling
  C. W. McCurdy, D. A. Horner, T. N. Rescigno and F. Martín
  Phys. Rev. A 69, 032707 (2004) [abstract]
• Implementation of exterior complex scaling in B-splines to solve atomic and molecular collision problems
  C. W. McCurdy and F. Martín
  J. Phys. B 37, 917 (2004) [abstract]
• Threshold Vibrational Excitation of CO₂ by Slow Electrons
  Wim Vanroose, Zhiyong Zhang, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 053201 (2004) [abstract]
• Ab initio study of low-energy electron collisions with ethylene
  C. S. Trevisan, A. E. Orel, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 68, 062707 (2003) [abstract]
• Scattering of slow electrons by polar molecules: Application of effective-range potential theory to HCl
  Wim Vanroose, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 68, 052713 (2003) [abstract]
• Resolution of phase ambiguities in electron-impact ionization amplitudes
  T. N. Rescigno, M. Baertschy, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 68, 020701 (2003) [abstract]
• Resonant vibrational excitation of CO₂ by electron impact:
  Nuclear dynamics on the coupled components of the ²Pi_u resonance
  C. W. McCurdy, W. A. Isaacs, H.-D. Meyer, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 67, 042708 (2003) [abstract]
• Interpretation of low-energy electron-CO₂ scattering
  W. Vanroose, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 66, 032720 (2002) [abstract]
• Time-dependent approach to collisional ionization using exterior complex scaling
  C. William McCurdy, Daniel A. Horner, and Thomas N. Rescigno
  Phys Rev A 65, 042714 (2002) [abstract]
• Theoretical study of resonant vibrational excitation of CO₂ by electron impact
  T. N. Rescigno, W. A. Isaacs, A. E. Orel, H.-D. Meyer, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys Rev A 65, 032716 (2002) [abstract]
• Accurate amplitudes for electron-impact ionization
  M. Baertschy, T. N. Rescigno, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys Rev A 64, 022709 (2001) [abstract]
• Ejected-energy differential cross sections for the near-threshold electron-impact ionization of hydrogen
  M. Baertschy, C. W. McCurdy, T. N. Rescigno, J. Colgan, and M. S. Pindzola
  Phys Rev A 63, 050701 (2001) [abstract]
• Doubly differential cross sections for the electron-impact ionization of hydrogen
  W. A. Isaacs, M. Baertschy, C. W. McCurdy, and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys Rev A 63, 030704 (2001) [abstract]
• Electron-impact ionization of atomic hydrogen
  M. Baertschy, T. N. Rescigno, W. A. Isaacs X. Li, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys Rev A 63, 022712 (2001) [abstract]
• Practical calculations of amplitudes for electron-impact ionization
  C. W. McCurdy, Daniel A. Horner and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys Rev A 63, 022711 (2001) [abstract]
• Practical calculations of quantum breakup cross sections
  C. W. McCurdy and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys Rev A 62, 032712 (2000) [abstract]
• Numerical grid methods for quantum mechanical scattering problems
  T. N. Rescigno and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys Rev A 62, 032706 (2000) [abstract]
• Use of two-body close-coupling formalisms to calculate three-body breakup cross sections
  T. N. Rescigno, C. W. McCurdy, W. A. Isaacs, and M. Baertschy
  Phys Rev A 60, 3740 (1999) [abstract]
• Collisional breakup in a quantum system of three charged particles
  T. N. Rescigno, M. Baertschy, W. A. Isaacs, and C. W. McCurdy
  Science 1999 December 24; 286: 2474-2479 [html] [pdf]
• Theoretical studies of low-energy electron-CO₂ scattering: Total, elastic, and differential cross sections
  T. N. Rescigno, D. A. Byrum, W. A. Isaacs, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys Rev A 60, 2186 (1999) [abstract]
• Benchmark single-differential ionization cross section results for the s-wave model of electron-hydrogen scattering
  M. Baertschy, T. N. Rescigno, W. A. Isaacs, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys Rev A 60, R13, (1999) [abstract]
• Low-Energy electron scattering from BCl₃
  W. A. Isaacs, C. W. McCurdy and T. N. Rescigno
  Phys Rev A 58 2881 (1998) [abstract]
• Theoretical support for a Ramsauer-Townsend minimum in electron-CF₄ scattering
  W. A. Isaacs and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys Rev A 58 309 (1998) [abstract]
• The calculation of scattering amplitudes as continuous functions of energy; R-matrix theory without a box
  C. W. McCurdy, T. N. Rescigno, W. A. Isaacs and D. E. Manolopoulos
  Phys. Rev. A 57 3511 (1998) [abstract]
• Improvements on the standard complex Kohn variational method: towards the development of an “R-matrix theory without a box.”
  T. N. Rescigno and C. W. McCurdy
  in Novel Aspects of Electron-Molecule Collisions, (World Scientific Publishing Co., New Jersey), edited by Kurt Becker (1998)
• Electron-molecule scattering
  C. W. McCurdy and T. N. Rescigno
  in Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry, edited by Paul von Rague Schleyer (Wiley, New York, 1997)
• Calculating differential cross sections for electron-impact ionization without explicit use of the asymptotic form
  C. W. McCurdy, T. N. Rescigno
  Phys. Rev. A 56, 4369 (1997) [abstract]
• Low-energy electron scattering from CH₃Cl
  T. N. Rescigno, A. E. Orel, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 56,2855 (1997) [abstract]
• An approach to electron impact ionization that avoids the three-body Coulomb asymptotic form
  C. W. McCurdy, T. N. Rescigno and D. A. Byrum
  Phys. Rev. A 56, 4369 (1997) [abstract]
• Making complex scaling work for long range potentials
  T. N. Rescigno, M. Baertschy, D. Byrum and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 55 4253 (1997) [abstract]
• Algebraic variational approach to atomic and molecular photoionization cross sections: Removing the energy dependence from the basis
  T. N. Rescigno, A. E. Orel, and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. A 55, 342 (1997) [abstract]
• Effective potential methods in variational treatments of electron-molecule collisions. I. Theoretical formulation
  T. N. Rescigno and C. W. McCurdy
  J. Chem. Phys 104, 120 (1996)
• The Incorporation of Modern Electronic Structure Methods in electron-Molecule Collision Problems: Variation Calculations Using the Complex Kohan Method
  T. N. Rescigno, B. H. Lengsfield III and C. W. McCurdy
  in Modern Electronic Structure (World Scientific Publishing Co., New Jersey, 1995), edited by David Yarkony, p501
• Elastic electron-molecule scattering above the ionization threshold
  T. N. Rescigno and C. W. McCurdy
  Phys. Rev. Letters 73, 3524 (1994)
• Ab-intio complex Kohn calculations of dissociative excitation of water
  T. J. Gil, T. N. Rescigno, C. W. McCurdy, B. H. Lengsfield III
  Phys Rev A 49, 2642(1994) [abstract]