Landau damping in thin films irradiated by a strong laser field

The rate of linear collisionless damping (Landau damping) in a classical electron gas confined to a heated ionized thin film is calculated. The general expression for the imaginary part of the dielectric tensor in terms of the parameters of the single-particle self-consistent electron potential is obtained. For the case of a deep rectangular well, it is explicitly calculated as a function of the electron temperature in the two limiting cases of specular and diffuse reflection of the electrons from the boundary of the self-consistent potential. For realistic experimental parameters, the contribution of Landau damping to the heating of the electron subsystem is estimated. It is shown that for films with a thickness below about 100 nm and for moderate laser intensities it may be comparable with or even dominate over electron-ion collisions and inner ionization.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figure

Light sterile neutrinos effects in processes with electron and muon neutrinos

For oscillation processes involving electron and muon neutrinos, as well as for beta decay and neutrinoless double beta decay processes, the contributions of light sterile neutrinos in the characteristics of these processes are calculated. For this, estimates of the mixing parameters in the model with three active and three sterile neutrinos are made taking into account some experimental data. The results obtained can be used for interpretation of available experimental data, and also for predictions of values of new data, which will be registered in ongoing and planned experiments.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figure