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Multiple Ionization under Short Wavelength Radiation: Sequential versus Direct Processes

Peter Lambropoulos Physics Department, University of Crete and Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers (IESL-FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Beginning with a review of the 2-electron problem in the new context of interaction with strong XUV and soft X-ray radiation, I discuss the hierarchy of multiphoton processes appearing in multielectron atoms exposed to strong short wavelength radiation in the light of related experience, accumulated over the last three decades, in the optical and UV range, as well as recent experimental results.