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It is considered the Dirac equation with two different four-potentials of the plane electromagnetic waves. We derive the equation for the wave function which is generalized form of the Volkov equation. We find the solutions of the Dirac…
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The wave-structure of moving electrons is analyzed on a fundamental level by employing a modified de Broglie relation. Formalizing the wave-function $\psi$ in real notation yields internal energy components due to mass oscillations. The…
The problem of an electromagnetic wave scattered from a random medium layer with rough boundaries is formulated using integral equations which involve two kinds of Green functions. The first one describes the wave scattered by the random…
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An ab initio, three-dimensional quantum mechanical calculation has been performed for the time-evolution of continuum electrons in the fields of moving charges. Here the essential singularity associated with the diverging phase factor in…
We consider the motion of a nonrelativistic electron in the field of two strong monochromatic light waves propagating counter to each other. The matrix elements of emission and absorption are found. An expression is obtained for the gain of…
The energy spectrum of an electron confined to an arbitrary surface of revolution in an external magnetic field, parallel to the symmetry axis, is studied analitycally and numerically. The problem is reduced via conformal mapping to one on…