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Quantum Chaos Observed in Photoionization

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Using a modern variant of the experiments at the dawn of quantum physics that probed the photoelectric effect, scientists at Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik in Garching, Germany, have found that photoionized rubidium-85 atoms simultaneously exposed to electric and magnetic fields display quantum chaotic scattering. The work, which whey reported in the Nov. 4 issue of Physical Review Letters, gives weight to the hypothesis that a chaotic phenomenon observed in nuclear reactions also holds at the atomic level. In their setup, the scientists used a 780-nm laser diode and a 480-nm ring...Read full article

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    Published: December 2005
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    photoelectric effect
    The emission of an electron from a surface that occurs when a photon impinges upon the surface and is absorbed. This effect is the means by which photons may be detected.
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