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Ionization of atoms by few-cycle EUV laser pulses: carrier-envelope phase dependence of the intra-pulse interference effects
We have investigated the ionization of the H atom by intense few-cycle laser
pulses, in particular the intra-pulse interference effects, and their
dependence on the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of the laser pulse. In the final
momentum distribution of the continuum electrons the imprint of two types of
intra-pulse interference effects can be observed, namely the temporal and
spatial interference. During the spatial interference electronic wave packets
emitted at the same time, but following different paths interfere leading to an
interference pattern measurable in the electron spectra. This can be also
interpreted as the interference between a direct and a scattered wave, and the
spatial interference pattern as the holographic mapping (HM) of the target.
This HM pattern is strongly influenced by the carrier-envelope phase through
the shape of the laser pulse. Here, we have studied how the shape of the HM
pattern is modified by the CEP, and we have found an optimal CEP for the
observation of HM
Ionization of helium by slow antiproton impact: total and differential cross sections
We theoretically investigate the single and double ionization of the He atom
by antiproton impact for projectile energies ranging from ~keV up to
~keV. We obtain accurate total cross sections by directly solving the
fully correlated two-electron time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation and by
performing classical trajectory Monte-Carlo calculations. The obtained
quantum-mechanical results are in excellent agreement with the available
experimental data. Along with the total cross sections, we also present the
first fully \textit{ab initio} doubly differential data for single ionization
at 10 and 100~keV impact energies. In these differential cross sections we
identify the binary-encounter peak along with the anticusp minimum.
Furthermore, we also point out the importance of the post-collisional
electron-projectile interaction at low antiproton energies which significantly
suppresses electron emission in the forward direction
Photoelectron holography of atomic targets
We study the spatial interference effects appearing during the ionization of atoms (H, He, Ne, and Ar) by few-cycle laser pulses using single-electron ab initio calculations. The spatial interference is the result of the coherent superposition of the electronic wave packets created during one half cycle of the driving field following different spatial paths. This spatial interference pattern may be interpreted as the hologram of the target atom. With the help of a wave-function analysis (splitting) technique and approximate (strong-field and Coulomb-Volkov) calculations, we directly show that the hologram is the result of the electronic-wave-packet scattering on the parent ion. On the He target we demonstrate the usefulness of the wave-function splitting technique in the disentanglement of different interference patterns. Further, by performing calculations for the different targets, we show that the pattern of the hologram does not depend on the angular symmetry of the initial state and it is strongly influenced by the atomic species of the target: A deeper bounding potential leads to a denser pattern.Fil: Borbély, S.. Babes Bolyai University; RumaniaFil: Tóth, A.. ELI-HU Nonprofit Ltd; HungríaFil: Arbo, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: Tokési, K.. ELI-HU Nonprofit Ltd; Hungría. Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Institute for Nuclear Research; HungríaFil: Nagy, L.. Babes-bolyai University; Rumani
Ionization of the hydrogen atom by intense ultrashort laser pulses
The ionization of atomic hydrogen in intense laser fields is studied
theoretically. The calculations were performed applying both quantummechanical
and classical approaches. Treating the problem quantummechanically, the time
dependent Schr\"odinger equation (TDSE) of our system was first transformed
into a pseudo-momentum space and solved in this space iteratively. While
neglecting the Coulomb potential during the solution of the TDSE we got the
results in the Volkov approximation, in the first order solution we taken into
account the Coulomb potential as perturbation. The classical calculations were
performed within the framework of the classical trajectory Monte-Carlo (CTMC)
method.
The double differential ionization probabilities are calculated for different
laser pulses and a reasonable agreement was found between the theories. Major
differences can be observed in the angular distribution of electrons at low
electron energies between classical and the quantummechanical approaches. At
high electron energies the differences disappear, which indicates that the
generation of low energy electrons is of quantum type, and it is strongly
influenced by the Coulomb potential, while the production of high energy
electrons is of classical type and it is less influenced by the Coulomb
interaction. Our results are also compared with the Coulomb-Volkov (CV) model
calculations.Comment: submited to PR
NEUERE ERGEBNISSE DER UNTERSUCHUNGEN ÜBER DIE BINDUNGSSTRUKTUR DER ELEMENTE DER VIERTEN HAUPTGRUPPE. II
Communications Biophysics
Contains reports on four research projects.National Institutes of Health (Grant 1 P01 GM-14940-02)Joint Services Electronics Programs (U. S. Army, U. S. Navy, and U. S. Air Force) under Contract DA 28-043-AMC-02536(E)National Institutes of Health (Grant 5 TO1 GM-01555-02
Electron correlations in the antiproton energy-loss distribution in He
We present ab initio calculations of the electronic differential energy-transfer cross sections for antiprotons with energies between 3 keV and 1 MeV interacting with helium. By comparison with simulations employing the mean-field description based on the single-active electron approximation we are able to identify electron correlation effects in the stopping and straggling cross sections. Most remarkably, we find that straggling exceeds the celebrated Bohr straggling limit when correlated shake-up processes are included
Correlation Between the Deuteron Characteristics and the Low-energy Triplet np Scattering Parameters
The correlation relationship between the deuteron asymptotic normalization
constant, , and the triplet np scattering length, , is
investigated. It is found that 99.7% of the asymptotic constant is
determined by the scattering length . It is shown that the linear
correlation relationship between the quantities and
provides a good test of correctness of various models of nucleon-nucleon
interaction. It is revealed that, for the normalization constant and
for the root-mean-square deuteron radius , the results obtained with the
experimental value recommended at present for the triplet scattering length
are exaggerated with respect to their experimental counterparts. By
using the latest experimental phase shifts of Arndt et al., we obtain, for the
low-energy scattering parameters (, , ) and for the
deuteron characteristics (, ), results that comply well with
experimental data.Comment: 19 pages, 1 figure, To be published in Physics of Atomic Nucle
Electron correlations in the antiproton energy-loss distribution in He
We present ab initio calculations of the electronic differential energy-transfer cross sections for antiprotons with energies between 3 keV and 1 MeV interacting with helium. By comparison with simulations employing the mean-field description based on the single-active electron approximation we are able to identify electron correlation effects in the stopping and straggling cross sections. Most remarkably, we find that straggling exceeds the celebrated Bohr straggling limit when correlated shake-up processes are included.The present paper was supported by Grants No. FWF-SFB049 (Nextlite), No. FWF-SFB041 (VICOM), No. WWTF MA14-002, Doctoral College Grant No. FWF-W1243
(Solids4Function), by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) Grant No. KH 126886, and by the high performance computing resources
of the Babeş-Bolyai University. J.F. acknowledges funding from the European Research Council under Grant No. ERC-2016-STG-714870 and by the Ministerio de Economía y
Competitividad (Spain) through a Ramón y Cajal grant. X.- M.T. was supported by a Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grant No. JP16K05495) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Scienc
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