Jun 16, 1997

Radiative decay of Trojan wave packets

Zofia Bialynicka-Birula and Iwo Bialynicki-Birula

We calculate the decay rates due to spontaneous emission for electronic states described by Trojan wave packets. The spontaneous decay rate for a typical Trojan state (n=60) is six orders of magnitude smaller than the ionization rate and it is about one order of magnitude smaller than the rate for the corresponding ordinary circular Rydberg state.

Phys. Rev. A 56, 3623 (1997)