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Two-photon approximation in the theory of the electron recombination in hydrogen

Atomic Physics 2011-11-29 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

A rigorous QED theory of the multiphoton decay of excited states in hydrogen atom is presented. The "two-photon" approximation is formulated which is limited by the one-photon and two-photon transitions including cascades transitions with two-photon links. This may be helpful for the strict description of the recombination process in hydrogen atom and, in principle, for the history of the hydrogen recombination in the early Universe.

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@article{arxiv.1003.1865,
  title  = {Two-photon approximation in the theory of the electron recombination in hydrogen},
  author = {D. Solovyev and L. Labzowsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.1865},
  year   = {2011}
}

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20 pages, 13 figures, 1 table