Atomic Physic Division

NIST Physics Laboratory home page Atomic Physics Division home page go to NIST home page

Atomic Spectroscopy Group

Mahamed A. Ali

Mahamed A. Ali

Contact Information

Atomic Physics Division
100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8422
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422

Mahamed dot Ali at NIST dot gov
phone: 301-975-5335
fax: 301-975-8203
Chemistry Department
Howard University
Washington DC 20059

e-mail: mali@fac.Howard.edu
phone: 202-806-6902

Curriculum Vitae

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Guest Scientist, 1986-present
  • Howard University, Washington DC, Professor of Chemistry, 1973-present
  • Howard University, Washington DC, Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1969-1973
  • Battele Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio;
    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee;
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physics Division, Visiting Scientist, 1968-1969
  • University of York, England, Lecturer in Chemistry, 1966-1968
  • Sheffield University, England, Lecturer in Chemistry, 1965-1966
  • Presidency College, Calcutta, Professor, 1963-1965
  • Keele University, England, Research Associate, 1962-1963
  • Uppsala University, Sweden, Research Associate, 1960-1962
  • Oxford University, England, D. Phil. Quantum Chemistry, 1960
  • Calcutta University, India, M. Sc., Physical Chemistry, 1956
  • Presidency College, Calcutta, B. Sc., Chemistry, 1954

Research Interests

I have been interested in the application of the nuclear charge expansion theory to the calculation of atomic energy levels and oscillator strengths by using perturbation theory and the calculation of fine structure splittings and transition probabilities of forbidden transitions in highly ionized atoms using multi-configuration Dirac-Fock method. My recent research efforts are mainly in the area of application of the Binary-Encounter-Bethe model of Kim and Rudd to calculate ionization cross sections of atoms and molecules by electron impact which are needed for technological applications and modeling of plasma processing for fabrication of semiconductor materials.

Selected Publications

K.K. Irikura, M.A. Ali, and Y.-K. Kim, "Electron-Impact Total Ionization Cross Sections of the Chlorofluoromethanes," Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 222, 189 (2003).

K.K. Irikura, Y.-K. Kim, and M.A. Ali, "Electron-Impact Total Ionization Cross Sections of Hydrocarbon Ions," J. Res. NIST 107, 63 (2002).

M.A. Ali, K.K. Irikura, and Y.-K. Kim, "Electron-Impact Total Ionization Cross Sections of SFx (x=1-5)," Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 201, 187 (2000).

M.A. Ali, "Fine Structure Splitting and Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Transition Probabilities between the Ground Levels of Ga-like ions," Phys. Scrip. 55, 159 (1997).

M.A. Ali, "Fine Structure Splitting of Potassium-like and Rubidium-like ions by the Multi-Configuration Dirac-Fock Method," TheoChem, 93, 175 (1992).

M.A. Ali and Y.-K Kim, "Improved Calculation of Fine Structure Splitting in the Ground State of Potassium-like ions," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B: Opt. Phys. 9, 185 (1992).

M.A. Ali and Y.-K. Kim, "Electric Quadrupole and Magnetic Dipole Transition Probabilities in Some Members of the K Sequence," Phys. Rev. A 38, 3992 (1988).

M.A. Ali and S.R. Samanta, "Orbital Configuration Assignment of 4Se Doubly Excited States of the Lithium Isoelectronic Sequence," Phys. Rev. A 19, 202 (1979).

M.A. Ali and S.R. Samanta, "Relative Ordering of 4Se, 4De, and 4Do Doubly Excited States of the Lithium Isoelectronic Sequence," Int. J. Quantum Chem. S12, 523 (1978).

S.R. Samanta and M.A. Ali, "Nuclear Charge Expansion of the Hartree-Fock Wave Function of 1s2s3p 4Po State of the Lithium Isoelectronic Sequence," J. Phys. B: Atomic Molec. Phys. 11, 561 (1978).

M.A. Ali and H.W. Joy, "Oscillator Strengths and Wavelengths of 3p3 4S-3p2(3P)3d 4P Transitions in Ions of Ar IV to Fe XII, J. Phys. B: Atom. Molec. Phys. 3, 1552 (1970).

M.A. Ali and L.J. Schaad, "Hartree-Fock Multiplet Strengths of 1s24l 2L - 1s24l' 2L' Transitions of the Lithium Isoelectronic Sequence," J. Phys. B. Atom. Molec. Phys. 2, 1304 (1969).

M.A. Ali and L.J. Schaad, "Hartree-Fock gf Values for Some Transitions of the Be Sequence," J. Phys. B. Atom. Molec. Phys. 2, 1018 (1969).


Atomic Spectroscopy Group   |   Atomic Physics Division   |   Division Technical Highlights

Online: August 2005