Eur. Phys. J. D 49, 1-6 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2008-00143-x

Recurrence spectra and dynamical simulation of Rydberg hydrogen atom near a metal surface

College of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, 250014 Jinan, P.R. China

Corresponding author: ^a sllin@sdnu.edu.cn

Received: 21 December 2007
Revised: 12 June 2008
Published online: 23 July 2008

Abstract

By using the closed-orbit theory including the effect of Coulomb scattering together with an electrical image potential approach, the recurrence spectra and the dynamical behaviours of the Rydberg hydrogen atom near a metal surface are presented. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation reveal that the impacts of the image potential contributing to the recurrence spectrum are qualitatively analogous to that of the parallel electrical and magnetic fields on the Rydberg atom. The recurrence spectra are computed for a few selected scaled energies and the results demonstrate that the scaled energy dominates the dynamical properties of system. With the increase of the scaled energy ε from small to large, the whole trend of spectral structure is from simple to complex, and then simple.