Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 233001 (2003) [4 pages]Shape-Amplitude Representation of N-Particle Photofragmentation ProcessesReceived 3 March 2003; published 9 June 2003 The general form of the multiparticle photofragmentation matrix element in dipole approximation is derived. Using two noncolinear momentum vectors to create a coordinate system enables the extraction of shape amplitudes depending only on lengths and mutual angles of the momentum vectors, i.e., on body fixed quantities, defining the fragmentation configuration. This is in contrast to previous parametrizations and, in particular, allows selection rules to be derived in a simpler and more transparent way. © 2003 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.233001
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.233001
PACS:
32.80.Fb, 33.80.Eh
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