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We examine elastic and inelastic scattering of electrons by ions in intense laser light. A method of numerical investigation of the scattering characteristics based on regularizing the Coulomb singularity is proposed. We show that over a broad range of parameter values the transport scattering cross section is weakly dependent on the intensity of the high-frequency field. We detect a significant modification of the dependence of the effective inelastic scattering cross section. We also show that the energy exchange with the field is determined by a fairly small group of electrons, called the representative electrons. Finally, we propose a qualitative model that explains our results by the fact that the leading contribution is provided by inelastic collisions of electrons with relatively small impact parameters traversing the region important for the interaction at large angles.
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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 115, 463–478 (February 1999)
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Fraiman, G.M., Mironov, V.A. & Balakin, A.A. Correlation effects in electron-ion collisions in a strong laser field. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 88, 254–262 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558792
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