Dynamics of particles for circular Rydberg states

The dynamics of circular Rydberg wave packets for the hydrogen atom with pa rticular emphasis on fractional and full revivals previously studied by Gae ta and Stroud [Phys. Rev. A 42, 6308 (1990)], is developed within the de Br oglie-Bohm pilot-wave theory. The classical limit at high quantum numbers a s described within the correspondence principle is compared with the classi cal limit of pilot-wave theory. By studying ensembles of particles it is fo und that pilot-wave theory is able to deliver a consistent picture of the p article dynamics even in the high-quantum-number limit, where classical and quantum features coexist. [S1050-2947(99)10602-4].