Non-dipole effects in two-photon double ionization of the K-shell of a beryllium-like atomic ion

Abstract

In the second order of the non-relativistic quantum perturbation theory and outside the framework of the dipole approximation for the operator of the radiation transition between continuum-spectrum states, the analytical structures and absolute values of the generalized cross-sections of the two-photon double ionization of the K-shell of beryllium-like ions of titanium (Ti18+), iron (Fe22+) and zinc (Zn26+) atoms were predicted. It has been established that taking into account non-dipole effects by several orders of magnitude (giant non-dipole effect) reduces the generalized cross-sections calculated within the framework of the dipole approximation. It has also been established that at high (12.5 - 28 keV) energies of the absorbed photons, the generalized cross-section of the two-photon double ionization of the K-shell is several orders of magnitude greater than the generalized cross-section of the single ionization. At the same time, as was to be expected, the transition from a neon-like ion to a beryllium-like ion is accompanied by a significant increase in the role of non-dipole effects.