Quantum energy flow in atomic ions moving in magnetic fields

Details Quantum energy flow in atomic ions moving in magnetic fields Quantum energy flow in atomic ions moving in magnetic fields

2000-06-07

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0006019v1

Physical Review Letters 84, 1870 (2000)

Physics

Atomic Physics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1870

Using a combination of semiclassical and recently developed wave packet propagation techniques we find the quantum self-ionization process of highly excited ions moving in magnetic fields which has its origin in the energy transfer from the center of mass to the electronic motion. It obeys a time scale by orders of magnitude larger than the corresponding classical process. Importantly a quantum coherence phenomenon leading to the intermittent behaviour of the ionization signal is found and analyzed. Universal properties of the ionization process are established.

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