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John MacAskill

Education
  • B.Sc., St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada (1999)
  • Ph.D., University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (2003)

Research Interests
  • Applications of Paul ion trap mass spectrometers
  • Interactions with fast atomic O and H beams
  • Magneto-optical traps

Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2003-Present)
    • Research Scientist, Atomic and Molecular Collisions Group, Astrophysics and Space Sciences Section (2005-Present)
    • Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar, Atomic and Molecular Collisions Group, Astrophysics and Space Sciences Section (2003-2005)

Selected Publications
  1. Mawhorter, R. J., N. Djuri, J. A. MacAskill, S. J. Smith, I. D. Williams, and A. Chutjian, "Absolute Charge Exchange Cross Sections for Highly-Charged C, N, and Ne Ions on CO, H2O, and CO2," Phys. Rev. A (in preparation).
  2. Madzunkov, S. B. J. Shortt, J. A. MacAskill, M. R. Darrach, and A. Chutjian "Measurements of polyatomic molecule formation on an icy grain analog using fast atoms," Phys. Rev. A 73, 020901 (2006)
  3. Lukomski, M, J A MacAskill, D P Seccombe, C McGrath, S Sutton, J Teeuwen, W Kedzierski, T J Reddish, J W McConkey and W A van Wijngaarden,"New measurements of absolute total cross sections for electron impact on caesium using a magneto-optical trap," J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38, 3535 (2005)

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