ORIGIN OF NARROW RESONANCES IN THE DIAMAGNETIC RYDBERG SPECTRUM

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作者
GREMAUD, B
DELANDE, D
GAY, JC
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[1] Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, 4, place Jussieu
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1615
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Recently, ultranarrow resonances have been observed in the diamagnetic Rydberg spectrum of the lithium atom. We show that they originate from an accidental destructive interference, which, in turn, is due to the chaotic character of the classical behavior. Our numerical simulations show that their statistical properties axe well described by a random-matrix model.
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页码:1615 / 1618
页数:4
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