Quantum Dynamics for Driven Weakly Bound Electrons near the Threshold for Classical Chaos
- 10 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (10) , 1007-1010
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.56.1007
Abstract
The absorption of energy by highly excited electrically polarized hydrogen atoms in intense microwave fields is studied experimentally, and theoretically in terms of a one-dimensional quantum model. The quantum calculations reveal a sudden onset of basis-set instability that correlates well with the threshold for classical chaos.Keywords
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