Ionization of Xenon Rydberg Atoms at a Metal Surface Export

@article{citeulike:1930373, abstract = {Experiments in which a thermal-energy beam of xenon Rydberg atoms is directed at near grazing incidence onto a flat Au(111) surface are described that provide new insight into charge transfer and electron tunneling during atom/surface interactions. Analysis of the data shows that for the present range of principal quantum number n ; 13≤ n ≤20; ionization occurs at an atom/surface separation Z i  =  (4.5±0.9) n 2 a 0 ; where n 2 a 0 is the Bohr radius of the atom. This result is in good agreement with the value Z i ∼3.8 n 2 a 0 predicted by ab initio hydrogenic theory.}, author = {Hill, S. B. and Haich, C. B. and Zhou, Z. and Nordlander, P. and Dunning, F. B.}, citeulike-article-id = {1930373}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5444}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v85/i25/p5444_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v85/i25/p5444_1}, day = {18}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5444}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {electric-fields, ionization, rydberg, surface-effects}, month = {December}, number = {25}, pages = {5444+}, posted-at = {2007-11-17 11:35:44}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Ionization of Xenon Rydberg Atoms at a Metal Surface}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5444}, volume = {85}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1930373 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1930373 N2 - Experiments in which a thermal-energy beam of xenon Rydberg atoms is directed at near grazing incidence onto a flat Au(111) surface are described that provide new insight into charge transfer and electron tunneling during atom/surface interactions. Analysis of the data shows that for the present range of principal quantum number n ; 13≤ n ≤20; ionization occurs at an atom/surface separation Z i  =  (4.5±0.9) n 2 a 0 ; where n 2 a 0 is the Bohr radius of the atom. This result is in good agreement with the value Z i ∼3.8 n 2 a 0 predicted by ab initio hydrogenic theory. IS - 25 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Ionization of Xenon Rydberg Atoms at a Metal Surface PB - American Physical Society VL - 85 SP - 5444 KW - electric-fields KW - ionization KW - rydberg KW - surface-effects AU - Hill, SB AU - Haich, CB AU - Zhou, Z AU - Nordlander, P AU - Dunning, FB PY - 2000/12/18/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5444 ER -