Rydberg electron dynamics in external fields

所进行的研究涉及里德堡原子和分子。这样的系统在自然科学中占有特殊的地位：它们的简单性使它们成为发现新现象的载体，并以异常清晰的方式展示出来。PI将调查三个主要的公开问题，这些问题是受外部场中里德堡态的动力学启发的。PI将使用并对比经典和量子方法，研究原子和分子系统中的粘性输运势垒，里德堡电子的混沌散射，以及利用定域控制理论操纵里德堡态的电离。这项研究在很大程度上依赖于最近在受外场扰动的原子和分子里德堡态理论方面取得的重大进展，特别是在涉及科里奥利力的问题上，由于缺乏角动量守恒，降维模型失效。

The research undertaken is concerned with Rydberg atoms and molecules. Such systems occupy a special place in the physical sciences: their simplicity makes them vehicles for the discovery of new phenomena which they display with exceptional clarity. The PI will investigate three major open problems which were inspired by the dynamics of Rydberg states in external fields. Using and contrasting classical and quantum approaches, the PI will study sticky barriers to transport in atomic and molecular systems, chaotic scattering of Rydberg electrons, and the manipulation the ionization of Rydberg states by localized control theory. The research relies heavily on the onsiderable progress made recently in the theory of atomic and molecular Rydberg states perturbed by external fields especially in problems involving Coriolis forces, where reduced dimensionality models fail due to lack of angular momentum conservation