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We consider here the bremsstrahlung emission of photons at low and intermediate energies $ E_{lab}\le 1000 MeV/u$ of the projectile. and derive expressions more general than previous results obtained by Neuhauser which were limited to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-01 L. V. Razumov , R. M. Weiner

In high-intensity (> 10^21W/cm^2) laser-matter interactions gamma-ray photon emission by the electrons can strongly affect the electron's dynamics and copious numbers of electron-positron pairs can be produced by the emitted photons. We…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 C. P. Ridgers , J. G. Kirk , R. Duclous , T. Blackburn , C. S. Brady , K. Bennett , T. D. Arber , A. R. Bell

For a molecule, the two-center interference and the molecular scattering phase of the electron are important for almost all the processes that may occur in a laser field. In this study, we investigate their effects in the transfer of linear…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-12-19 Hao Liang , Mu-Xue Wang , Xiang-Ru Xiao , Qihuang Gong , Liang-You Peng

Modern intense ultrafast pulsed lasers generate an electric field of sufficient strength to permit tunnel ionization of the valence electrons in atoms. This process is usually treated as a rapid succession of isolated events, in which the…

To probe the nonlinear effects of photon-photon interaction in the quantum electrodynamics, we study the generation of circular polarized photons by the collision of two linearly polarized laser beams. In the framework of the…

Optics · Physics 2015-09-09 Rohoollah Mohammadi , Iman Motie , She-Sheng Xue

We investigate simultaneous multiphoton-multiatom processes in atomic gases exposed to laser fields under specific frequency conditions, where multiple atoms are simultaneously excited through the absorption of one laser photon each. These…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-04-09 Yongle Yu

The dynamics of molecular electron excitation and ionisation is studied in real-time for ultra-short IR laser pulses of intensity I>10^{13} W/cm^{2}. The multi-electron molecule is modeled by a system of two active electrons moving in a…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-26 A. I. Pegarkov

The interaction between super-intense coherent x-ray light and nuclei is studied theoretically. One of the main difficulties with driving nuclear transitions arises from the very narrow nuclear excited state widths which limit the coupling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-03 André Junker , Adriana Pálffy , Christoph H. Keitel

The ionization probability of N$_2$, O$_2$, and CO$_2$ in intense laser fields is studied theoretically as a function of the alignment angle by solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation numerically assuming only the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Simon Petretti , Yulian V. Vanne , Alejandro Saenz , Alberto Castro , Piero Decleva

The nuclear isomeric state $^{229m}$Th with an exceptionally low excitation energy makes the $^{229}$Th isotope a crucial candidate for nuclear clocks and many other applications. Efficient and controllable production of $^{229m}$Th is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-19 Jingyan Zhao , Adriana Pálffy , Christoph H. Keitel , Yuanbin Wu

The field of laser-matter interaction traditionally deals with the response of atoms, molecules and plasmas to an external light wave. However, the recent sustained technological progress is opening up the possibility of employing intense…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-08-20 A. Di Piazza , C. Müller , K. Z. Hatsagortsyan , C. H. Keitel

Light-matter interactions in the deep ultraviolet (DUV) wavelength region exhibits a variety of optical effects such as luminescence, photoisomerization, and polymerization in many materials. Despite the rich photochemistry and high spatial…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-11-12 Atsushi Taguchi , Atsushi Nakayama , Ryosuke Oketani , Satoshi Kawata , Katsumasa Fujita

A possibility of amplification of the 7.6 eV $\gamma$-radiation by the stimulated $\gamma$-emission of the ensemble of the $^{229m}$Th isomeric nuclei in a host dielectric crystal is proved theoretically. This amplification is a result of:…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-05-05 E. V. Tkalya

A theoretical derivation of photon bremsstrahlung, induced by the interactions of an energetic quark in a hot and dense quark-gluon plasma, is given in the framework of the reaction operator approach. For the physically relevant case of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Ivan Vitev , Ben-Wei Zhang

A strong laser field and the Coulomb field of a nucleus can produce e^{+}e^{-} pairs. It is shown for the first time that there is a large probability that electrons and positrons created in this process collide after one or several…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Yu. Kuchiev

The excitation of the $^{181\text{m}}$Ta isomer in the laser-plasma scenario was claimed to have been observed more than two decades ago. However, the reported experimental findings - and the respective high excitation rate - were later…

We extend a recently developed three-dimensional semiclassical model [\href{https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.109.033106}{Phys. Rev. \textbf{A} 109, 033106 (2024)}] to study multielectron ionization and the formation of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Georgios Petros Katsoulis , Agapi Emmanouilidou

When Th nuclei are doped in CaF$_2$ crystals, a set of electronic defect states appears in the crystal bandgap which would otherwise provide complete transparency to vacuum-ultraviolet radiation. The coupling of these defect states to the 8…

The production of neutron-rich isotopes and the occurrence of neutron capture cascades via laser-driven (pulsed) neutron sources are investigated theoretically. The considered scenario involves the interaction of a laser-driven neutron beam…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-01-12 Paul Hill , Yuanbin Wu

This paper studies the interaction of laser-driven $\gamma$-photons and high energy charged particles with high-Z targets through Monte-Carlo simulations. The interacting particles are taken from particle-in-cell simulations of the…