Gleb Gribakin

Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, in the School of Mathematics and Physics

PhD 1987, St Petersburg, Russia

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Brief CV

TEACHING

My research interests are mainly in Theoretical Atomic Physics, and I do my research in the Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (CTAMOP).

Selected topics:

• Many-body theory in atoms.
• Electron-atom scattering, negative ions, photodetachment.
• Interaction of positrons with atoms and molecules: scattering, bound states and annihilation.
• Quantum chaos in complex atoms and other many-body systems.
• Multiphoton processes in strong laser fields.
• Cold atom scattering.

Some recent papers

• A. Delserieys, F. Y. Khattak, S. Sahoo, G. F. Gribakin, C. L. S. Lewis, and D. Riley, Raman satellites in optical scattering from a laser-ablated Mg plume, Phys. Rev. A 78, 055404 (2008). Full text in PDF.
• J. A. Young, G. F. Gribakin, C. M. R. Lee and C. M. Surko, Role of combination vibrations in resonant positron annihilation, Phys. Rev. A 77, 060702 (2008). Full text in PDF.
• L. G. Gerchikov and G. F. Gribakin, Electron attachment to SF₆ and lifetimes of SF₆^- negative ions, Phys. Rev. A 77, 042724 (2008). Full text in PDF.
• G. F. Gribakin and C. M. R. Lee, Positron annihilation in molecules by capture into vibrational Feshbach resonances of infrared-active modes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 193201 (2006). Full text in PDF. ERRATUM: the right-hand side of Eq. (10) must contain an additional factor 1/2. The results in Figs. 1 and 2 are correct. Thanks to Jason Young for spotting the misprint.
• A. V. Korol, G. F. Gribakin and F. J. Currell, Effect of target polarization in electron-ion recombination, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 223201 (2006). Full text in PDF.
• L. J. M. Dunlop and G. F. Gribakin, Positronium formation from valence and inner shells in noble gas atoms, Nucl. Instrum. and Methods B 247, 61 (2006). Full text in PDF.
• L. J. M. Dunlop and G. F. Gribakin, Many-body theory of gamma spectra from positron-atom annihilation, J. Phys. B 39, 1647 (2006). Full text in PDF. ERRATUM: the right-hand side of Eq. (34) must contain (2l₁+1) under the sum.
• G. F. Gribakin, F. J. Currell, M. G. Kozlov and A. I. Mikhailov, Parity nonconservation in electron recombination of multiply charged ions, Phys. Rev. A 72, 032109 (2005). Full text in PDF. Erratum, Phys. Rev. A 80, 049901(E) (2009).
• C. M. Surko, G. F. Gribakin and S. J. Buckman, Low-energy positron interactions with atoms and molecules. J. Phys. B 38, R57 (2005). Full text in PDF can be dowhloaded here.
• G. F. Gribakin, S. Sahoo and V. N. Ostrovsky, Secondary threshold laws for multiple ionization of atoms. Phys. Rev. A 70, 062717 (2004). Full text in PDF.
• G. F. Gribakin and J. Ludlow, Many-body theory of positron-atom interactions. Phys. Rev. A 70, 032720 (2004). Full text in PDF.
• G. F. Gribakin and P. M. W. Gill, The role of vibrational doorway states in positron annihilation with large molecules. Nucl. Instrum. and Methods B 221, 30 (2004). Full text in PDF.
• G. F. Gribakin and S. Sahoo, Mixing of dielectronic and multiply-excited states in electron-ion recombination: a study of Au²⁴⁺. J. Phys. B 36, 3349 (2003). Full text in PDF.
• J. Ludlow and G. F. Gribakin, Effect of a finite energy spread of the positron beam on the threshold behaviour of the positron annihilation cross section. Phys. Rev. A 66, 064704 (2002). Full text in PDF.
• V. V. Flambaum, A. A. Gribakina, G. F. Gribakin, and C. Harabati, Electron recombination with multicharged ions via chaotic many-electron states. Phys. Rev. A 66, 012713 (2002). Full text in PDF.
• G. F. Gribakin and J. Ludlow. Enhancement of positron-atom annihilation near the positronium formation threshold. Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 163202 (2002). Full text in PDF.
• G. F. Gribakin. Interaction of low-energy positrons with atoms and molecules: scattering, bound states, Ps formation and annihilation. Progress Report at the 22nd Inernational Conference of Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions (Santa Fe, 18--24 July 2001). Full text in PDF.
• G. F. Gribakin. Theory of positron annihilation on molecules. In New Directions in Antimatter Chemistry and Physics, Eds. C. M. Surko and F. A. Gianturco, Chapter 22 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2001). Full text in PDF.
• G. F. Gribakin. Mechanisms of positron annihilation on molecules, Phys. Rev. A 61, 022720 (2000). Full text in PDF.
• V. V. Flambaum and G. F. Gribakin, Statistical theory of finite Fermi systems with chaotic excited eigenstates, Philosophical Magazine B 80, 2143-73 (2000). Full text in PDF.
• V. V. Flambaum, G. F. Gribakin, and C. Harabati. Analytical calculation of cold atom scattering. Phys. Rev. A 59, 1998-2005 (1999). Full text in PDF (170kB).

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