Two pitchfork bifurcations in the polar quadratic Zeeman-Stark effect
- Salas, J.P. 1
- Deprit, A. 4
- Ferrer, S. 3
- Lanchares, V. 1
- Palacián, J. 2
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Universidad de La Rioja
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Universidad Pública de Navarra
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Universidad de Murcia
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Estados Unidos
ISSN: 0375-9601
Año de publicación: 1998
Volumen: 242
Número: 1-2
Páginas: 83-93
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Resumen
In the framework of classical mechanics, a study of the hydrogen atom in the presence of parallel electric and magnetic fields is presented when the magnetic quantum number m is zero. By means of perturbation methods and Poincaré surfaces of section, the existence of the three states experimentally detected by Cacciani et al. (the so-called I, II, and III Cacciani's states), their energy extensions, their evolution and their disappearance are explained as a result of two pitchfork bifurcations. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.