Laser-assisted dielectronic recombination in C4+ ions

We study the effect of laser-driven transitions between autoionizing resonances on the dielectronic recombination rates observed after the formation of such resonances in electron-ion collisions. The autoionizing states of S-1(e) and P-1(0) symmetry belonging to the 2l2l' and 2l3l' configurations of C4+ are considered. The resonance parameters are calculated in the Feshbach formalism and compared with other accurate calculations, and transition dipole moments between the autoionizing states are obtained. The rates of dielectronic recombination and autoionization under the influence of the laser field are calculated using the density matrix approach for realistic parameters. A simple formulation of the problem is also proposed in the resolvent operator technique. The feasibility of an experiment is discussed.