Ionization of atoms in electric and magnetic fields and the imaginary time method |
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Authors: | V. S. Popov B. M. Karnakov V. D. Mur |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, 117259 Moscow, Russia;(2) Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (Technical University), 115409 Moscow, Russia |
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Abstract: | A semiclassical theory is developed for the ionization of atoms and negative ions in constant, uniform electric and magnetic fields, including the Coulomb interaction between the electron and the atomic core during tunneling. The case of crossed fields (Lorentz ionization) is examined specially, as well as the limit of a strong magnetic field. Analytic equations are derived for arbitrary fields ℰ and ℋ that are weak compared to the characteristic intraatomic fields. The major results of this paper are obtained using the “imaginary time” method (ITM), in which tunneling is described using the classical equations of motion but with purely imaginary “time.” The possibility of generalizing the ITM to the relativistic case, as well as to states with nonzero angular momentum, is pointed out. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 1579–1605 (May 1998) |
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