Åsa Larson
Contact
Name and title: Åsa Larson
Workplace: Department of Physics Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Room C4:3025Roslagstullsbacken 21, AlbaNova universitetscentrum
Postal address Fysikum106 91 Stockholm
About me
I am professor in theoretical molecular physics at the Physics department at Stockholm University.
During the academic year 2025/26 I am teaching the courses in Atomic and molecular physics (FK5023) and Advanced Quantum Mechanics (FK5027).
Previously I have also been giving courses in Quantum Mechanics, Molecular Physics, Physics I (preparatory course in physics) and Acoustics and Physics for adiology students.
I perform computations of molecular processes that have in common that highly excited states are involved. The degrees of freedom of the system are then correlated and the molecular dynamics becomes more complex. It is a challenge to theoretically describe these apparently simple processes involving small molecular systems. To test my theoretical models I collaborate closely with experimental groups such as DESIREE at Stockholm University and CSR (Cryogenic Storage Ring) at the Max Planck Institute for nuclear physics (MPIK) in Heidelberg. Reactions I study include charge-transfer reaction occurring when oppositely charged ions collide (mutual neutralization), dissociative recombination occurring when a molecular ion recombines with an electron or the molecular dynamics occurring upon photon absorption.

