2006/05/31 by Takaaki Nomura, Joe Sato, Takashi Shimomura · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Neutrino Physics Research #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1143/ptp.117.401
published as Prog.Theor.Phys.117:401-414,2007 · 14 pages, 7 figures, editing and typos corrected, title changed
openalex publication_date 2007/03/01 · arxiv created 2007/06/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Electron capture processes are important in the search for new physics. In this context, a high capture rate is desired. We investigate the possibility of enhancing the electron capture rate by irradiating laser beam to “atom”. The possibility of such enhancement can be understood as a consequence of an enhancement of the electron wave function at the origin, ψ(0), through an increased effective mass of the electron. We find that an order of magnitude enhancement can be realized by using a laser with intensity on the order of 1010 W/mm2 and a photon energy on the order of 10−3 eV.