https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2003-00053-5
Non-adiabatic transitions at a continuum edge
Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS II, bâtiment 505, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
Corresponding author: a Alain.Sarfati@lac.u-psud.fr
Received:
10
October
2002
Published online:
4
March
2003
We consider interaction of a single level with a broad, tending to semi-infinite continuum. In an example of two exactly solvable problems, we show that for time dependent quantum systems the probability of the irreversible transition from a discrete level to a continuum is strongly inhibited or even completely suppressed by the presence of a discrete adiabatic level near the continuum edge.
PACS: 03.65.-w – Quantum mechanics / 34.10.+x – General theories and models of atomic and molecular collisions and interactions (including statistical theories, transition state, stochastic and trajectory models, etc.) / 36.40.-c – Atomic and molecular clusters
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2003
