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Hydrogenic Rydberg atoms in strong magnetic fields: Theoretical and experimental spectra in the transition region from regularity to irregularity

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Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms, Molecules and Clusters

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For deuterium Rydberg atoms in a magnetic field of ∼6 T we compare the complete experimental spectrum in the range −190 cm−1 to −20 cm−1 with the positions and oscillator strengths of the corresponding quantum theoretically calculated photoabsorption lines. The agreement is excellent. The range of energy covered extends from the end of thel-mixing regime up to the regions where the approximate integrability of the problem is completely lost, and the corresponding classical system undergoes a transition to chaos.

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  1. Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    A. Holle, G. Wiebusch, J. Main & K. H. Welge

  2. Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    G. Zeller, G. Wunner, T. Ertl & H. Ruder

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Holle, A., Wiebusch, G., Main, J. et al. Hydrogenic Rydberg atoms in strong magnetic fields: Theoretical and experimental spectra in the transition region from regularity to irregularity. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 5, 279–285 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01385457

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