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Physical Review A

Algebraic decay of the survival probability in chaotic helium

Peter Schlagheck, Andreas Buchleitner

Published Jan 11, 2001• 12 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate that the classical helium atom exhibits algebraic decay of the survival probability in the autoionizing $\mathrm{eZe}$ configuration. Excitation towards asymptotic orbits of marginal stability is identified as the cause of the nonexponential decay. Since one electron travels along a bound Kepler trajectory of infinite excitation in these orbits, we argue that the classical decay law will prevail in the quantum dynamics of a wave packet launched along the $\mathrm{eZe}$ configuration.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.63.024701

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We study the time dependence of the ionization probability of Rydberg atoms driven by a microwave field, both in classical and in quantum mechanics. The quantum survival probability follows the classical one up to the Heisenberg time and then decays algebraically as P(t) approximately 1/t. This decay law derives from the exponentially long times required to escape from some region of the phase space, due to tunneling and localization effects. We also provide parameter values which should allow one to observe such decay in laboratory experiments.
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