Atomic and Molecular Physics Research Division
Prof. Bob McCullough
School of Mathematics and Physics Queen’s University
Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN
N. Ireland, UK
Tel: +44 (0)28 90 973541 lab +44 (0)28 90 973709 office
Fax: +44 (0)28 90 310785
website:
www.qub.ac.uk/mp/ampr/
Research interests
Interactions of multiply charged ions with atoms,
molecules and surfaces
Excited state formation in electron capture processes at
energies less than 1keV u-1
Double translational energy spectrometry with state
prepared ion beams
Ion biomolecule interactions related to DNA damage
Matrix
Assisted Laser Desorption and Ionisation of biomolecules
Low energy (20 keV)
antiproton ionisation of atomic targets including D
Hydrogen diffusion in
silicon
Development of ECR sources for multiply charged ions
Development of
reactive atom sources for H, N, O and Cl
Antiobiotic and antimicrobial surface
treatments for medical devices
Recent publications
1. D M Kearns, R W McCullough, R Trassl and H B Gilbody
Collision mechanisms in one-electron capture by slow H and He-like ions of C, N
and O in H and H2
J Phys B: At Mol Opt Phys vol 36 3653-3667 (2003)
2. D M
Kearns, R W McCullough and H B Gilbody
Experimental study of the collision
mechanisms involved in one-electron capture by slow N5+ ions in
atomic and molecular hydrogen
J Phys B: At Mol Opt Phys vol 35, 4335-4346 (2002)
3. H B Gilbody and R W McCullough
Measurements of state-selective electron capture by
slow multiply charged ions in specified ground and metastable states
Atomic and
Plasma-Material Interaction Data for Fusion, vol 10, 37-55 (2002)
COST P9 Workings group(s) of interest: WG2
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