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Bohmian picture of Rydberg atoms

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Unlike the previous theoretical results based on standard quantum mechanics that established the nearly elliptical shapes for the centre-of-mass motion in Rydberg atoms using numerical simulations, we show analytically that the Bohmian trajectories in Rydberg atoms are nearly elliptical.

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  1. S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Block JD, Sector III, Salt Lake, 700 098, Kolkata, India

    Partha Ghose, Manoj K Samal & Animesh Datta

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 208 016, Kanpur, India

    Animesh Datta

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Ghose, P., Samal, M.K. & Datta, A. Bohmian picture of Rydberg atoms. Pramana - J Phys 59, 425–428 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-002-0137-x

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