Virtual resonant states in two-photon decay processes: Lower-order terms, subtractions, and physical interpretations

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Jentschura, Ulrich D ^a,b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); ELECTRODYNAMICS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

ATOMIC STATE; BOUND STATE; CASCADE PROCESS; DECAY RATES; INITIAL STATE; LOWER ENERGIES; PHOTON DECAYS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATIONS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; RESONANT STATE; TWO PHOTONS;

TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 62149114531     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.022510     Document Type: Article

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