ON THE VALIDITY OF THE SOFT-PHOTON APPROXIMATION FOR ELECTRON-ATOM COLLISIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF A LASER FIELD

Authors
RABADAN I MENDEZ L DICKINSON AS
Citation
I. Rabadan et al., ON THE VALIDITY OF THE SOFT-PHOTON APPROXIMATION FOR ELECTRON-ATOM COLLISIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF A LASER FIELD, Journal of physics. B, Atomic molecular and optical physics, 27(16), 1994, pp. 120000535-120000541
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical",Optics
Journal title
Journal of physics. B, Atomic molecular and optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09534075
Volume
27
Issue
16
Year of publication
1994
Pages
120000535 - 120000541
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-4075(1994)27:16<120000535:OTVOTS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The validity of the Kroll-Watson approximation to treat electron-atom collisions in the presence of a laser field is discussed. Numerical ca lculations have been carried out using classical mechanics and a model potential to describe electron-helium scattering for conditions of ex perimental interest. The effect of an additional polarization term, ar ising from the interaction between the laser field and that due to the electron, is shown to be negligible.