Billard game in an atom
Physicists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics trace the double ionization of argon atoms on attosecond time scales
11-May-2012 -
When an intense laser pulse interacts with an atom it generates agitation on the micro scale. A rather likely outcome of this interaction is single ionization, where one electron is ejected from the atom. From time to time, however, two electrons can be removed from the atom, resulting in the ...