On the Electric Field Effect on the Dynamics of High Rydberg States of Hydrogen Atom and the Model of ZEKE Spectroscopy
Journal
Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
4
Pages
491-501
Date Issued
1998
Author(s)
Abstract
In this paper, the studies of the dynamics of the high Rydberg states for n = 10 and n = 100 of hydrogen atom under the influence of an electric field will be reported. It will be shown from our calculated results that the two time constants of τslow ≈ 1 ∼ 10 μs and τfast ≈ 1 ∼ 10 ns obseved in ZEKE experiments are obtained in the stray field condition, i.e., F = 10 ∼ 100 mV/cm. To treat the ZEKE states of complex systems like many-electron atoms, molecules, clusters etc., the inverse Born-Oppenheimer approximation can be used and it will be discussed.
Type
journal article