Many-electron strong-field physics

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-223

  Becker, W ^a   Rottke, H ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double and multiple ionisation; Non sequential mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149114597     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510802332908     Document Type: Review

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