Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
2009-05-22
Phys. Rev. A 80, 033410 (2009) (17 pages), republication in Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 8, issue 10 (2009)
Physics
Atomic Physics
19 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, RevTeX4
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.80.033410
We devise an ab initio formalism for the quantum dynamics of Auger decay by laser-dressed atoms which are inner-shell ionized by extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light. The optical dressing laser is assumed to be sufficiently weak such that ground-state electrons are neither excited nor ionized by it. However, the laser has a strong effect on continuum electrons which we describe in strong-field approximation with Volkov waves. The XUV light pulse has a low peak intensity and its interaction is treated as a one-photon process. The quantum dynamics of the inner-shell hole creation with subsequent Auger decay is given by equations of motion (EOMs). For this paper, the EOMs are simplified in terms of an essential-states model which is solved analytically and averaged over magnetic subshells. We apply our theory to the M_4,5 N_1 N_2,3 Auger decay of a 3d hole in a krypton atom. The orbitals are approximated by scaled hydrogenic wave functions. A single attosecond pulse produces 3d vacancies which Auger decay in the presence of an 800nm laser with an intensity of 10^13 W / cm^2. We compute the Auger electron spectrum and assess the convergence of the various quantities involved.
Buth Christian
Schafer Kenneth J.
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