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Symmetry Breaking in Crossed Magnetic and Electric Fields
Neumann, C. Ubert, R. Freund, S. Delos, John B.
Neumann, C.
Ubert, R.
Freund, S.
Delos, John B.
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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.
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1997-06-01
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American Physical Society
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4705