Sfb 288 Differential Geometry and Quantum Physics

Abstract for Sfb Preprint No. 201

On the absence of bound-state stabilization through shortultra-intense fields

A. Fring, V. Kostrykin and R. Schrader

We address the question of whether atomic bound states begin to stabilize in the short ultra-intense field limit. We provide a general theory of ionization probability and investigate its gauge invariance. For a wide range of potentials we find an upper and lower bound by non-perturbative methods, which clearly exclude the possibility that the ultra intense field might have a stabilizing effect on the atom. For short pulses we find almost complete ionization as the field strength increases.

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