Abstract
The authors report experimental measurements of electron spectra resulting from the scattering of low energy (6.2-32 eV) electrons by helium atoms through an angle of 9 degrees in the presence of a high intensity ( approximately 108 W cm-2)CO2 laser. The intensities of the additional peaks caused by the presence of the laser which occur separated from the elastic scattering peak by multiples of the photon energy are much greater than expected on the basis of calculations, using the Kroll-Watson approximation (1973). The intensity of these free-free transitions also increases with decreasing electron energy, again in disagreement with the calculations. The authors propose that the disagreement between the experimental results and those calculated is due to the electrons scattering from a helium target polarized by the laser field.
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