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The electron transitions arising when a heavy relativistic ion interacts with a spatially nonuniform ultrashort electromagnetic pulse are studied by solving the Dirac equation, and expressions for the excitation and ionization probabilities are derived. One-electron inelastic processes that accompany the interaction between the ultrashort pulses and hydrogen-like atoms are considered by way of example. The approach developed in this article makes it possible to accurately include the spatial nonuniformity of the ultrashort pulse field.
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Translated from Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 74, No. 12, 2004, pp. 21–25.
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Matveev, V.I., Pashev, I.N. Electron transitions as a result of interaction between a heavy ion and an ultrashort electromagnetic pulse. Tech. Phys. 49, 1558–1562 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1841403
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