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Classical analysis of correlated multiple ionization in strong fields

Quantum Physics 2009-11-06 v1 Chaotic Dynamics Atomic Physics

Abstract

We discuss the final stages of the simultaneous ionization of two or more electrons due to a strong laser pulse. An analysis of the classical dynamics suggests that the dominant pathway for non-sequential escape has the electrons escaping in a symmetric arrangement. Classical trajectory models within and near to this symmetry subspace support the theoretical considerations and give final momentum distributions in close agreement with experiments.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0011011,
  title  = {Classical analysis of correlated multiple ionization in strong fields},
  author = {Bruno Eckhardt and Krzysztof Sacha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0011011},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of Nobel symposium on Quantum Chaos, Physica Scripta (in press)