A hydrogen atom in a uniform electric field. III
- 28 August 1979
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 12 (16) , 2637-2643
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/12/16/011
Abstract
For pt.II see ibid., vol.11, no.11, p.1921 (1978). The problem of a hydrogen atom perturbed by a uniform electric field F is analysed. The stability of the level components with the same total quantum number n is investigated. In the limit of small F, energetically lower sublevels are more stable. However, when F increases, this well-known rule is violated for some sublevels at large n. A semiempirical formula for the ionisation probability, which is valid for any arbitrary quantum states, is suggested and discussed.Keywords
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