Analysis of classical motion on the Wannier ridge
- 14 June 1990
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
- Vol. 23 (11) , L197-L201
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/23/11/002
Abstract
The authors study the classical electronic motion of a two-electron atom on the Wannier ridge. Stability properties of certain periodic orbits are calculated. The analysis shows that the helium atom is not ergodic. Semiclassical implications of the classical analysis are discussed.Keywords
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