Comment on 'Time delays in molecular photoionization'. (15th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baykusheva, Denitsa; Wörner, Hans Jakob
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 50:Number 7(2017:Apr. 01)
• Publication Date: 2017-03-15
• Subjects: Atoms -- Periodicals; Molecules -- Periodicals; Optics -- Periodicals; Nuclear physics -- Periodicals; 539.6
• DOI: 10.1088/1361-6455/aa62b5
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0953-4075

Abstract

Abstract: In a recent article by Hockett et al (2016 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 49 095602), time delays arising in the context of molecular single-photon ionization are investigated from a theoretical point of view. We argue that one of the central equations given in this article is incorrect and present a reformulation that is consistent with the established treatment of angle-dependent scattering delays (Eisenbud 1948 PhD Thesis Princeton University; Wigner 1955 Phys. Rev. 98 145–7; Smith 1960 Phys. Rev. 118 349–6; Nussenzveig 1972 Phys. Rev. D6 1534–42).