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Attosecond-Scale Probing of the Electron Motion in the H-Atom Groundstate
Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
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Journal of Modern Physics·Volume 03 (2012)·Pages 1840–1841·Published 14 December 2012·DOI10.4236/jmp.2012.312230
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Abstract
Based on recent advances in attosecond strong-field spectroscopy and the current feasibility for trapping individual groundstate H-atoms from a neon-gas matrix, an experiment to probe the groundstate motion of the electron in the H-atom is proposed here.
KeywordsH-Atom GroundstateElectron Motion
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