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Above-threshold ionization and photoelectron spectra in atomic systems driven by strong laser fields
Above-threshold ionization (ATI) results from strong field laser-matter
interaction and it is one of the fundamental processes that may be used to
extract electron structural and dynamical information about the atomic or
molecular target. Moreover, it can also be used to characterize the laser field
itself. Here, we develop an analytical description of ATI, which extends the
theoretical Strong Field Approximation (SFA), for both the direct and
re-scattering transition amplitudes in atoms. From a non-local, but separable
potential, the bound-free dipole and the re-scattering transition matrix
elements are analytically computed. In comparison with the standard approaches
to the ATI process, our analytical derivation of the re-scattering matrix
elements allows us to study directly how the re-scattering process depends on
the atomic target and laser pulse features -we can turn on and off
contributions having different physical origins or corresponding to different
physical mechanisms. We compare SFA results with the full numerical solutions
of the time-dependent Schroedinger equation (TDSE) within the few-cycle pulse
regime. Good agreement between our SFA and TDSE model is found for the ATI
spectrum. Our model captures also the strong dependence of the photoelectron
spectra on the carrier envelope phase of the laser field.Comment: 29 pages, 6 figures, submitted to PR
Reaction Dynamics in Double Ionization of Helium by Electron Impact
We present theoretical fully differential cross sections (FDCS) for double ionization of helium by 500 eV and 2 keV electron impact. Contributions from various reaction mechanisms to the FDCS were calculated separately and compared to experimental data. Our theoretical methods are based on the first Born approximation. Higher-order effects are incorporated using the Monte Carlo event generator technique. Earlier, we successfully applied this approach to double ionization by ion impact, and in the work reported here it is extended to electron impact. We demonstrate that at 500 eV impact energy, double ionization is dominated by higher-order mechanisms. Even at 2 keV, double ionization does not predominantly proceed through a pure first-order process
Double Ionization of Helium by Highly-Charged-Ion Impact Analyzed within the Frozen-Correlation Approximation
We apply the frozen-correlation approximation (FCA) to analyze double ionization of helium by energetic highly charged ions. In this model the double ionization amplitude is represented in terms of single ionization amplitudes, which we evaluate within the continuum distorted wave-eikonal initial state (CDW-EIS) approach. Correlation effects are incorporated in the initial and final states, but are neglected during the time the collision process takes place. We implement the FCA using the Monte Carlo event generator technique, which allows us to generate theoretical event files and to compare theory and experiment using the same analysis tools. The comparison with previous theoretical results and with experimental data demonstrates, on the one hand, the validity of our earlier simple models to account for higher-order mechanisms, and, on the other hand, the robustness of the FCA
Atomic concealment due to loss of coherence of the incident beam of projectiles in collision processes
In the study of collision processes, a series of conditions is usually assumed. One of them is that the beam of projectiles is coherent in lengths greater than those of the targets against which it strikes. However, recent experimental results and theoretical analyzes have shown that this assumption can not only fail, but that it is possible to manipulate the coherence length experimentally to go from a coherent situation to an incoherent one. The most conspicuous and studied manifestation of such loss of coherence is the disappearance of interference effects. However, in the present work we show that a strong decrease can also occur in the magnitude of the cross section, not only differential but also total, due to an atomic concealment effect.Fil: Barrachina, Raúl O.. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Navarrete, Francisco. Universität Rostock; AlemaniaFil: Ciappina, Marcelo Fabián. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology; Israel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentin
Torsion in quantum field theory through time-loops on Dirac materials
Assuming dislocations could be meaningfully described by torsion, we propose
here a scenario based on the role of time in the low-energy regime of
two-dimensional Dirac materials, for which coupling of the fully antisymmetric
component of the torsion with the emergent spinor is not necessarily zero.
Appropriate inclusion of time is our proposal to overcome well-known
geometrical obstructions to such a program, that stopped further research of
this kind. In particular, our approach is based on the realization of an exotic
, that could be seen as oscillating particle-hole pairs. Although
this is a theoretical paper, we moved the first steps toward testing the
realization of these scenarios, by envisaging on the
interplay between an external electromagnetic field (to excite the pair
particle-hole and realize the time-loops), and a suitable distribution of
dislocations described as torsion (responsible for the measurable holonomy in
the time-loop, hence a current). Our general analysis here establishes that we
need to move to a nonlinear response regime. We then conclude by pointing to
recent results from the interaction laser-graphene that could be used to look
for manifestations of the torsion-induced holonomy of the time-loop, e.g., as
specific patterns of suppression/generation of higher harmonics.Comment: 24 pages, 5 figure
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