Ionization of a Model Atom: Exact Results and Connection with Experiment

Authors O. Costin, Joel Lebowitz, Alexander Rokhlenko

Abstract: We prove that a model atom having one bound state will be fully ionized by a time periodic potential of arbitrary strength

r

and frequency

o m e g a

. The survival probability is for small

r

given by

e^{- G a m m a t}

for times of order

G a m m a^{- 1} s i m r^{- 2 n}

, where

n

is the number of ``photons required for ionization, with enhanced stability at resonances. For late times the decay is like $t^{- 3}$ . Results are for a 1d system with a delta function potential of strength $- g (1 + e t a (t))$ but comparison with experiments on the microwave ionization of excited hydrogen atoms and with recent analytical work indicate that many features are universal.

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