Laser-assisted inelastic electron scattering by excited hydrogen atoms

TL;DR

This paper theoretically examines how a linearly polarized laser field influences inelastic electron scattering by excited hydrogen atoms, focusing on angular distributions and resonance structures at high energies.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical framework for analyzing laser-assisted inelastic scattering involving excited hydrogen atoms under specific energy and intensity conditions.

Findings

Angular distributions are significantly affected by the laser field.

Resonance structures in the scattering cross sections are identified.

High-energy scattering behaviors are characterized in the presence of the laser.

Abstract

We theoretically study the inelastic electron-H($2s$) scattering in a linearly polarized laser field in the domain of high scattering energies and moderate field intensities. We investigate the angular distributions and the resonance structure of the differential scattering cross sections.