Exact results for the ionization of a model quantum system

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DOI10.1088/0305-4470/33/36/303zbMATH Open1064.81548arXivmath-ph/0608039OpenAlexW2056186320MaRDI QIDQ4512910FDOQ4512910


Authors: Alexander Rokhlenko, O. Costin, Joel Lebowitz Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 2000

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

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 omega. Starting with the system in the bound state, the survival probability is for small r given by exp(-Gamma t) for times of order GAMMA^(-1)~r^(-2n) where n is the minimum number of 'photons' required for ionization (with large modifications at resonances). For late times the decay is as t^(-3) with the power law modulated by oscillations. As r increases, the time over which there is exponential decay becomes shorter and the power law behaviour starts earlier. Results are for a parametrically excited one-dimensional system with zero-range potential but comparison with analyticalworks and with experiments indicates that many features are general.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0608039




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