Although the most abundant isotope of Helium is He4 and the gas is a Bose system, it is no longer a BEC because it is a very strongly correlated system. A powerful way to attack this inconvenience is by means of a Time Dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT). We have applied this methodology in our recent work Albrechtsen 2023, where we have modeled the experimental observation of primary steps of solvation of Na+ cation in helium droplets.
Our purpose is to follow this line and simulate the same kind of phenomena with the rest of the alkali cations and compare them with the available experimental data. With the same methodology we will study the static structure of a helium nanodroplet doped with a cluster of two Na atoms.
Merging of superfluid helium nanodroplets with vortices
José María Escartín, Francesco Ancilotto, Manuel Barranco, and Martí Pi
Phys. Rev. B 105, 024511 (2022)
Observing the primary steps of ion solvation in helium droplets
Simon H. Albrechtsen, Constant A. Schouder, Alberto Viñas Muñoz, Jeppe K. Christensen, Christian Engelbrecht Petersen, Martí Pi, Manuel Barranco,
Henrik Stapelfeldt,
Self-sustained deformable rotating liquid He cylinders: The pure normal fluid 3 He and superfluid 4 He cases
Martí Pi, Francesco Ancilotto, Manuel Barranco, Samuel L. Butler, and José María Escartín
Phys. Rev. B 108, 054524 (2023)
Clustering, collision, and relaxation dynamics in pure and doped helium nanoclusters: Density- vs particle-based approaches
Ernesto García-Alfonso, Manuel Barranco, Francesco Ancilotto, Martí Pi, Nadine Halberstadt,
J. Chem. Phys. 159, 074305 (2023)
Breakup of quantum liquid filaments into droplets
Francesco Ancilotto, Manuel Barranco, and Martí Pi
Phys. Rev. A 107, 063312 (2023)
Superfluid helium droplet-mediated surface-deposition of neutral and charged silver atomic species
Berta Fernández, Martí Pi, and María Pilar de Lara-Castells
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,25, 16699-16706 (2023,)
Nanoscopic jets and filaments of superfluid He-4 at zero temperature: a DFT study
Ancilotto, Francesco, Barranco Gómez, Manuel, Pi Pericay, Martí
J. Chem. Phys. 158, 144306 (2023)
Time-resolved solvation of alkali ions in superfluid helium nanodroplets
Ernesto García-Alfonso, Manuel Barranco, Nadine Halberstadt, Martí Pi
J. Chem. Phys. 160, 164308 (2024)
Revisiting Thomson’s model with multiply charged superfluid helium nanodroplets
Ernesto García-Alfonso, Francesco Ancilotto, Manuel Barranco, Fausto Cargnoni, Nadine Halberstadt, Martí Pi
J. Chem. Phys. 161, 224303 (2024)
Time-resolved solvation of alkali ions in superfluid helium nanodroplets: Theoretical simulation of a pump–probe study
Ernesto García-Alfonso, Manuel Barranco, Martí Pi, Nadine Halberstadt