Proposed interpretation of microwave ionization of Rydberg alkali-metal atoms

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Perotti, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

LINEARLY POLARIZED MICROWAVE FIELDS; MICROWAVE IONIZATION; QUANTUM DELOCALIZATION; TRANSITION FREQUENCY;

HAMILTONIANS; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM THEORY;

IONIZATION;

EID: 18444394331     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.033405     Document Type: Article

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