Abstract

Experimental data on Laser-Assisted Auger Decay that were obtained recently (and presented at this conference) are compared with Quantum mechanical calculations on a model system featuring free-free transitions. The model treats the initial Auger decay process as unaffected by the laser, and treats the final continuum states as those of a free electron, with a strong, non-perturbative coupling between various continua due to the laser. Both approximations are expected to be very good in the LAAD case, and indeed there is a very good correspondence between theory and experiment.

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