Published 1986 | Version v1
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Differential cross section of atomic hydrogen photoionization

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Differential cross-section of atomic hydrogen photoeffect in external electric field was investigated in semiclassical approximation. Interference was described. It occurred due to the fact that infinite number of photoelectron trajectories leads to any point of classically accessible motion region. Interference picture can reach macroscopic sizes. The picture is determined by location of function nodes, describing finite electron motion along one of parabolic coordinates. The squares of external picture rings are determined only by electric field intensity in the general case at rather high energies. Quantum expression for photocurrent density was obtained using Green function in superposition of Coulomb and uniform field as well as semiclassical approximation. Possible applications of macroscopic interference picture to specification of atom ionization potentials, selective detection of atoms or particular molecules, as well as weak magnetic field and observation of Aaronov-Bom effect are discussed

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Original title (Russian)
Дифференциальное сечение фотоэффекта на атоме водорода во внешнем электрическом поле

Publishing Information

Publisher
Leningradskij Universitet.
Imprint Place
Leningrad (USSR)
Imprint Title
Problems of atomic collisions theory
Journal Page Range
p. 165-183.

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Notes
Imprint:Voprosy teorii atomnykh stolknovenij.