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Closed-orbit Theory and the Photodetachment Cross Section of H- in Parallel Electric and Magnetic Fields
Physical Review A
  • Aaron D. Peters
  • Charles Jaffé
  • J. B. Delos, William & Mary
Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Pub Date
7-1-1997
Publisher
American Physical Society
Abstract

In this paper we obtain a simple analytic formula for the photodetachment cross section of H− in parallel electric and magnetic fields. The three-dimensional semiclassical approximation predicts oscillations in the spectrum and correlates these oscillations with closed classical orbits. The cylindrical symmetry of the Hamiltonian produces some interesting effects. In particular, at boundary energies the semiclassical approximation fails as a focused cusp approaches the origin.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.331
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Citation Information
Aaron D. Peters, Charles Jaffé and J. B. Delos. "Closed-orbit Theory and the Photodetachment Cross Section of H- in Parallel Electric and Magnetic Fields" Physical Review A Vol. 56 Iss. 1 (1997) p. 331 - 344
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-delos/19/