Superrevivals of Rydberg Wave Packets

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dc.creatorBluhm, Robert
dc.creatorKostelecky, Alan
dc.date1995-08-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:13:36Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:13:36Z
dc.descriptionThe revival structure and evolution of Rydberg wave packets are studied on a time scale much greater than the revival time $t_{\rm rev}$. We find a new level of revival structure and periodic motion different from that of the known fractional revivals. The new sequence of revivals culminates with the formation of a wave packet that more closely resembles the initial packet than does the full revival at time $t_{\rm rev}$. We refer to such a revival as a superrevival. We also show that an initial radial wave packet may be described as a type of squeezed state known as a radial squeezed state. Our results apply not only for hydrogenic wave packets, but for wave packets in alkali-metal atoms as well in the context of quantum defect theory.
dc.descriptionto appear in the Proceedings of the Fourth Drexel Symposium on Quantum Nonintegrability
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9508026
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9508026
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/93166
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleSuperrevivals of Rydberg Wave Packets
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