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Published on: January 19, 2018
Universal attosecond response to the removal of an electron
1Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Abstract:
When an electron is suddenly removed, a universal response of the system is shown to occur on an attosecond (10(-18) s) time scale. During this response time, which lasts about 50 attoseconds, the density of the created hole changes in a characteristic way. Explicit examples are shown. The results are analyzed in terms of the eigenstates of the residual ion and related to the filling of the exchange-correlation hole associated with the electron in the ground state of the system by the remaining electrons.
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