Vacancies in the L1 shell of atoms and molecules can decay non-radiatively via Coster-Kronig decay whereby the vacancy is filled by an electron from the L2,3 shell while a second electron is emitted into the ionization continuum. This process is akin to Auger decay, but in contrast to Auger electrons, Coster-Kronig electrons have rather low kinetic...
In this Perspective, we discuss recent advances made to evaluate from first-principles the excited-state decay rate constants of organic fluorophores, focusing on the so-called static strategy. In this strategy, one essentially takes advantage of Fermi's golden rule (FGR) to evaluate rate constants at key points of the potential energy surfaces, a ...
Geant4 is a general purpose and open source C + + Monte Carlo simulation toolkit, widely used in the scientific community. It is able to simulate physical interactions of particles through matter. According to the user's needs, models for the simulation of electromagnetic (EM) interactions are provided in two Geant4 subpackages, the 'standard' EM s...
