EMMANOUILIDOU1	Attosecond processes in strongly driven two-electron atoms
Type	Theoretical
#students	1
Orientation	Why is the scientific problem of interest at all? Attoseconds (10^-18) are the natural time-scale for multi-electron effects during complete ionization and break-up of multi-electron atoms and molecules. The recent advances in generating ultrashort laser pulses raise the possibility to investigate atomic, molecular, and nuclear physics at this new time-scale, bringing a revolution in our microscopic knowledge and understanding of matter. Two fascinating and complementary challenges of Attoscience are to identify the physical mechanisms underlying the correlated multi-electron dynamics of strongly driven atoms and molecules. These processes are of fundamental interest to, for instance, molecular imaging in atomic and molecular systems and to devise schemes to probe/control these mechanisms.
How	How is the research going to shed light on the given problem?.
What	What is the specific thing that the student will do, and how does it fit inside the overall project? The overall aim of this theoretical/computational project is to identify and control the main pathways of double ionization in two electron atoms when driven by intense and ultrashort laser pulses.
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Supervisor	Dr. Agapi Emmanouilidou a.emmanouilidou@ucl.ac.uk