Abstract

We simulate the electronic response of atoms to strong laser pulses by propagating the time-dependent two-particle reduced density matrix (TD-2RDM). The propagation of the 2RDM requires carefully designed closure approximations to decouple the equation of motion for the 2RDM from the higher members of the Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon (BBGKY) hierarchy. Recent improvements in the closure approximation allow the accurate calculation of high-harmonic spectra from beryllium and neon targets where mean field theories such as time-dependent Hartree-Fock and time-dependent density functional theory show sizable discrepancies to multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree-Fock (MCTDHF) reference calculations. We trace these differences back to the ionization dynamics. We find that the accurate description of the ionization dynamics is the key to achieve agreement with high-harmonic spectra from MCTDHF.

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Title
Time-Dependent Two-Particle Reduced Density Matrix Theory: Application to High-Harmonic Generation
Author
Lackner, Fabian 1 ; Březinová, Iva 1 ; Sato, Takeshi 2 ; Ishikawa, Kenichi L 2 ; Burgdörfer, Joachim 1 

 Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10/136, 1040 Vienna, Austria, EU 
 Photon Science Center, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan 
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Nov 2017
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2574608588
Copyright
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