Quasi-static Ionization of Rydberg Alkali-metal Atoms: a classical view of the n^(-5) scaling
arXiv:physics/0511046 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.73.053405
Abstract
A fully classical explanation of the nonhydrogenic ionization threshold for low angular momentum Rydberg states of Alkali-metal atoms in a linearly polarized low frequency monochromatic microwave field is given: the classical equivalent to the quantum rate-limiting step, which is responsible for the n^(-5) scaling and which according to the literature initiates what then continues as essentially classical diffusion, is found.
10 pages, 9 figures