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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Field-induced effects of narrowing of photoelectron spectra and stabilisation of Rydberg atoms

Mikhail Vladimirovich Fedorov, A. M. Movsesian

Published Apr 14, 1988• 166 citations
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Abstract

Photoionisation of Rydberg atoms is considered. The effects predicted and described are: multipeak structure of the photoelectron spectrum, field-induced narrowing of its maxima and field-induced stabilisation of atoms.
DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/21/7/003

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