Ionization of a model atom by perturbations of the potential

DOI10.1063/1.533320zbMATH Open0978.81017arXivmath-ph/9905015OpenAlexW2035632894MaRDI QIDQ2738017FDOQ2738017

Authors: Alexander Rokhlenko, Joel Lebowitz 

Publication date: 30 August 2001

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the time evolution of the wave function of a particle bound by an attractive $delta$-function potential when it is subjected to time dependent variations of the binding strength (parametric excitation). The simplicity of this model permits certain nonperturbative calculations to be carried out analytically both in one and three dimensions. Thus the survival probability of bound state $|heta(t){|}^2$, following a pulse of strength $r$ and duration $t$, behaves as $|heta(t){|}^2-|heta(infty){|}^{2}sim{t}^{-alpha}$, with both $heta(infty)$ and $alpha$ depending on $r$. On the other hand a sequence of strong short pulses produces an exponential decay over an intermediate time scale.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9905015

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zbMATH Keywords

survival probabilitytime evolutionnonperturbative calculationsattractive \(\delta\)-function potentialbinding strength (parametric excitation)time-dependent variations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Atomic physics (81V45)

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