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Strong-field approximation for intense-laser atom processes: the choice of gauge

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

The strong-field approximation can be and has been applied in both length gauge and velocity gauge with quantitatively conflicting answers. For ionization of negative ions with a ground state of odd parity, the predictions of the two gauges differ qualitatively: in the envelope of the angular-resolved energy spectrum, dips in one gauge correspond to humps in the other. We show that the length-gauge SFA matches the exact numerical solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0504053,
  title  = {Strong-field approximation for intense-laser atom processes: the choice of gauge},
  author = {D. Bauer and D. B. Milosevic and W. Becker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0504053},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures, revtex4

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