Multiphoton detachment from a zero-range potential revisited

Direct detachment of an electron bound by a regularized zero-range potential is reinvestigated. For the definition of the S-matrix amplitude for detachment, the wave function of the electron after the laser pulse has passed through is projected on an exact scattering state of the zero-range potential rather than a plane-wave state, which is normally used. The exact scattering state generates an additional contribution to the amplitude, which leads to an isotropic term in the angle-resolved energy spectrum.