Theory of Auger decay by laser-dressed atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Buth, Christian ^a   Schafer, Kenneth J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; AUGER DECAYS; AUGER-ELECTRON SPECTRA; CONTINUUM ELECTRONS; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; GROUND-STATE ELECTRONS; KRYPTON ATOMS; ONE-PHOTON PROCESS; ORBITALS; PEAK INTENSITY; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; SINGLE ATTOSECOND PULSE; STATES MODEL; STRONG-FIELD APPROXIMATIONS; SUBSHELLS; XUV LIGHT;

ATOMS; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; AUGERS; DECAY (ORGANIC); EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KRYPTON; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 70349137945     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.033410     Document Type: Article

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