Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Pub Date
6-1997
Publisher
American Physical Society
Volume
78
Issue
25
First Page
4705
Abstract
We present the first observations of cylindrical symmetry breaking in highly excited diamagnetic hydrogen with a small crossed electric field, and we give a semiclassical interpretation of this effect. As the small perpendicular electric field is added, the recurrence strengths of closed orbits decrease smoothly to a minimum, and revive again. This phenomenon, caused by interference among the electron waves that return to the nucleus, can be computed from the azimuthal dependence of the classical closed orbits.
Recommended Citation
Neumann, C.; Ubert, R.; Freund, S.; et al.; and Delos, John B., Symmetry Breaking in Crossed Magnetic and Electric Fields (1997). Physical Review Letters, 78(25), 4705-4708.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4705
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4705
