Radiation-field-driven ionization in laser-assisted slow atomic collisions

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العنوان: Radiation-field-driven ionization in laser-assisted slow atomic collisions
المؤلفون: Jacob, A., Müller, C., Voitkiv, A. B.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Atomic Physics
الوصف: It is generally assumed that for ionization processes, which occur in slow atomic collisions, the coupling of the colliding system to the quantum radiation field is irrelevant. Here we show, however, that -- contrary to expectations -- such a coupling can strongly influence ionization of a beam of atomic species A slowly traversing a gas of atomic species B excited by a weak laser field. Moreover, this coupling becomes even more important when the collision velocity increases, getting comparable or exceeding the typical electron orbiting velocities in A and B. Our results imply furthermore that the Breit interaction can, in fact, dominate over the Coulomb interaction at very low energies.
Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.09812
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2208.09812
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv