Theory of x-ray absorption by laser-dressed atoms

Details Theory of x-ray absorption by laser-dressed atoms Theory of x-ray absorption by laser-dressed atoms

2006-11-13

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0611122v2

Phys. Rev. A 75, 033412 (2007) (12 pages), republication in Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science 6, issue 4 (2007)

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Atomic Physics

13 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, RevTeX4, corrected typoes

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.75.033412

An ab initio theory is devised for the x-ray photoabsorption cross section of atoms in the field of a moderately intense optical laser (800nm, 10^13 W/cm^2). The laser dresses the core-excited atomic states, which introduces a dependence of the cross section on the angle between the polarization vectors of the two linearly polarized radiation sources. We use the Hartree-Fock-Slater approximation to describe the atomic many-particle problem in conjunction with a nonrelativistic quantum-electrodynamic approach to treat the photon-electron interaction. The continuum wave functions of ejected electrons are treated with a complex absorbing potential that is derived from smooth exterior complex scaling. The solution to the two-color (x-ray plus laser) problem is discussed in terms of a direct diagonalization of the complex symmetric matrix representation of the Hamiltonian. Alternative treatments with time-independent and time-dependent non-Hermitian perturbation theories are presented that exploit the weak interaction strength between x rays and atoms. We apply the theory to study the photoabsorption cross section of krypton atoms near the K edge. A pronounced modification of the cross section is found in the presence of the optical laser.

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