Other interests:
PhD research was in Theoretical Physics, in particular exploring the dynamics of the helium atom and the hydrogen molecule when exposed to intense laser radiation. Title of PhD:
"The helium atom and the hydrogen molecule in intense laser fields"
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The heart of this research involves integrating directly the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for a wavefunction solution that spans all five spatial dimensions i.e. both electrons in the atom/molecule are treated on an equal footing. In order to solve these equations, computer algorithms have been developed for massively-parallel machines.
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Link to home pages of the Intense Laser-Atom Interactions research group within the Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Publications in Theoretical Physics (née Meharg):
- Moore L R, Parker J S, Meharg K J, Armstrong G S J, Taylor K T (2008) “Extensions to the HELIUM code to handle intense X-ray light”, J. Mod. Opt., 55: 2541.
- Parker J S, Meharg K J, McKenna G A, Taylor K T (2007) “Single-ionization of helium at Ti: Sapphire wavelengths: rates and scaling laws”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.,40: 1729.
- Taylor K T, Parker J S, Dundas D, Meharg K J (2007) “Theory of laser-driven double-ionization of atoms at Ti : sapphire laser wavelengths”, J. Mod. Opt., 54: 1959.
- Meharg K J, Parker J S, Taylor K T (2005) “Beyond the dipole approximation for helium and hydrogen in intense laser fields”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.,38: 237.
- Taylor K T, Parker J S, Dundas D, Meharg K J, Doherty B J S, Murphy D S, McCann J F(2005) “Multiphoton double ionization of atoms and molecules by FEL XUV light”, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom.,144: 1191.
- Taylor K T, Parker J S, Dundas D, Meharg K J, Peng L-Y, Doherty B J S, McCann J F (2004) “Few-electron dynamics of atoms and molecules in intense laser fields”, Physica Scripta, T110: 154.
- Parker J S, Doherty B J S, Meharg K J, Taylor K T (2003) “Time-delay between singly- and doubly-ionizing wavepackets in laser-driven helium”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 36: L393.
- Taylor K T, Parker J S, Meharg K J, Dundas D (2003) “Laser-driven helium at 780nm”, Eur. Phys. J. D, 26: 67.
- Dundas D, Meharg K J, McCann J F,Taylor K T (2003) “Dissociative ionization of molecules in
intense laser fields”, Eur. Phys. J. D, 26: 51.
- Taylor K T, Parker J S, Dundas D, Meharg K J, Moore L R, McCann J F (2003) “Laser-driven helium, H2+ and H2”, J. Mod. Opt., 50: 401.
- Taylor K T, Parker J S, Dundas D, Meharg K J, Moore L R, Smyth E S, McCann J F (2003) “Numerical Grid Methods”, pp. 154 – 168 in Many-Particle Quantum Dynamics in Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation , eds Ullrich J and Shevelko V P, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
- Taylor K T, Parker J S, Dundas D, Meharg K J, Moore L R, McCann J F (2003) “Double-ionization of He and H2 at high laser frequencies and intensities”, pp. 99 – 107 in Electron and Photon Impact Ionization and Related Topics 2002, Proceedings of the International Conference, Metz, ed Ancarani LU, Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. No 172, IOP Publishing, Bristol and Philadelphia.
- Parker J S, Moore L R, Meharg K J, Dundas D,Taylor K T (2001) “Double-electron above threshold ionization of helium”, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 34: L69.
- Moore L R, Parker J S, Dundas D, Meharg K J, Taylor K T (2001) “The two electron response in laser driven helium”, pp. 107 – 116 in Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics, Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics, eds Piraux B and Rzazewski K, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
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