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In the approximation of sudden perturbations, a solution of the Dirac equation describing the behavior of a hydrogen-like atom interacting with a spatially inhomogeneous ultrashort pulse of electromagnetic waves is derived. As an example, the single-electron inelastic processes accompanying the interaction of ultrashort pulses with hydrogen-like atoms are considered. The method developed here allows the spatial inhomogeneity of the ultrashort pulse of electromagnetic waves to be taken into account.
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Matveev, V.I., Pashev, I.N. Interaction of a Hydrogen-Like Atom with an Ultrashort Pulse of Electromagnetic Waves. Russian Physics Journal 47, 739–743 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RUPJ.0000049747.31374.7f
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