"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Statement of the problem -- 1.2. A brief review of electromagnetic theory -- 1.3. Laser pulses -- 1.4. The motion of a charged particle in an electromagnetic field -- 1.5. Gauge transformations -- 1.6. The dinuclear system in a laser field -- 1.7. Characterization of laser-nucleus interaction in an…