Reflections on future problems in cluster science
This article compiles unique, forward-looking perspectives on future challenges in cluster science from speakers at the 2025 DEAMN workshop held at the Majorana Centre in Erice.
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43 papers
Atmospheric clustering explores how tiny particles in the air group together to form clouds, fog, and even influence our weather patterns. This fascinating intersection of physics and meteorology reveals the invisible dance of molecules that shapes everything from a gentle breeze to a massive storm system. Understanding these microscopic interactions is key to predicting climate change and improving air quality forecasts for communities worldwide.
On Gist.Science, we track every new preprint published in the atmospheric clustering category on arXiv. Our team processes each submission to provide both a clear, plain-language explanation and a detailed technical summary, ensuring that complex research is accessible to students, policymakers, and curious minds alike.
Below are the latest papers in atmospheric clustering, updated daily directly from the source.
Hidden optical nonlinearities in linear spectra of quantum emitter arrays
This paper demonstrates that nonlinear optical properties of individual quantum emitters, such as Raman features, can manifest in the linear spectra of coupled emitter arrays through inter-emitter interactions, revealing a general quantum optical effect that transcends classical mean-field descriptions and does not require cavities or specific symmetries.
Electron-Impact Quasi-Resonant Ion-Pair Dissociation of OCS: A Velocity Slice Imaging Study with Partial Wave Analysis
This study utilizes velocity slice imaging and partial wave analysis to reveal that electron-impact-induced ion-pair dissociation in carbonyl sulfide (OCS) proceeds via quasi-resonant excitation of hybrid superexcited states, producing distinct CO⁺/S⁻ and CS⁺/O⁻ pathways with kinetic energy behaviors that invalidate the dipole-Born approximation and have significant implications for astrochemistry and radiation biophysics.
Statistical modeling of equilibrium phase transition in confined fluids
This paper employs mean-field theory, Mayer's f-functions, and Hill's nanothermodynamics to model phase transitions in MOF-confined fluids, revealing that pore size dictates whether the transition is discontinuous or continuous while demonstrating that confinement lowers the free-energy barrier and condensation pressure compared to bulk fluids.
Large circular dichroism in the total photoemission yield of free chiral nanoparticles created by a pure electric dipole effect
The authors demonstrate that the intense chiral asymmetry typically observed in photoelectron angular distributions can be translated into a measurable total photoionization yield for submicron-sized chiral nanoparticles, enabling highly sensitive enantiopurity analysis without the need for high-vacuum electron spectrometers.
Interatomic Coulombic decay initiated by electron removal and excitation processes in helium ion and argon dimer collisions
This study investigates interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD) in helium ion–argon dimer collisions using a coupled-channel two-center basis generator method, revealing that electron excitation to the state is the dominant ICD pathway and that lower-energy He projectiles significantly enhance this decay process.
Fidelity and quantum geometry approach to Dirac exceptional points in diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers
This paper theoretically demonstrates that fidelity susceptibility serves as a robust probe for Dirac exceptional points in diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers, revealing a distinct anisotropic divergence along the non-reciprocal coupling direction that contrasts with the omnidirectional behavior of conventional exceptional points.
Double Microwave Shielding
This paper details the theory of double microwave shielding, a technique using two microwave fields to suppress inelastic collisions and three-body recombination while enabling flexible tuning of dipolar interactions, thereby facilitating the creation of Bose-Einstein condensates and advancing the study of many-body physics in ultracold polar molecules.
Light-induced nonadiabatic photodissociation of the NaH molecule including electron-rotation coupling
This study employs pump-probe numerical simulations to investigate the light-induced nonadiabatic photodissociation of the NaH molecule, revealing how the interplay between multiple electronic conical intersections, electron-rotation coupling, and rotational motion governs ultrafast dissociation probabilities, kinetic energy release, and fragment angular distributions.
Generalized Gross-Pitaevskii Equation for 2D Bosons with Attractive Interactions
This paper introduces a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation with logarithmic density-dependent coupling to model 2D attractive Bose systems, enabling the theoretical analysis of quantum droplets, breathing modes, quench dynamics, and universal excited states while providing a robust framework for future experimental investigations.