Time delay between photoemission from the 2p and 2s subshells of Neon atoms

The R-Matrix incorporating Time (RMT) method is a new ab initio method for solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for multi-electron atomic systems exposed to intense short-pulse laser light. We have employed the RMT method to investigate the delay in the photoemission of an electron liberated from a 2p orbital in a neon atom with respect to one released from a 2s orbital. Using attosecond streaking methods, an experimental group measured this time delay to be twenty one attoseconds. We report RMT calculations of this time delay and demonstrate that such precise phase-sensitive information can be calculated using the new multi-electron RMT method.