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General Time-Dependent Surface Flux for Multiple Ionization and Fragmentation of Molecules. I: General Theory

Stefanos Carlström·Serguei Patchkovskii
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We introduce a method for efficiently computing multiple photofragmentation of atoms and molecules into photoelectrons and nuclear fragments. The method is a generalization of the time-dependent surface flux originally introduced for single and double photoionization.

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Stefanos Carlström, Serguei Patchkovskii. 2026-10-07. General Time-Dependent Surface Flux for Multiple Ionization and Fragmentation of Molecules. I: General Theory. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.10371

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