Photoionization and Interatomic Coulombic Decay

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Abstract

The type of process that may be induced in an atom by the interaction with a single photon is strongly dependent on the photon energy.

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  1. 1.Department of Quantum Dynamics and ControlMax Planck Institute for Nuclear PhysicsHeidelbergGermany

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