CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM-MECHANICS OF AN INTEGRABLE LIMIT OF THE HYDROGEN-ATOM IN COMBINED CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED MICROWAVE AND MAGNETIC-FIELDS

Authors
RAKOVIC MJ UZER T FARRELLY D
Citation
Mj. Rakovic et al., CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM-MECHANICS OF AN INTEGRABLE LIMIT OF THE HYDROGEN-ATOM IN COMBINED CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED MICROWAVE AND MAGNETIC-FIELDS, Physical review. A, 57(4), 1998, pp. 2814-2831
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
57
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2814 - 2831
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1998)57:4<2814:CAQOAI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The hydrogen atom interacting with a circularly polarized microwave fi eld and a magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of polarization is , in general, a nonintegrable system that may exhibit strongly chaotic motion. However, two integrable limits are known, one of which is sep arable in elliptical coordinates. A detailed investigation of the clas sical and quantum mechanics of the separable limit is presented.