Rydberg ionisation into confined and discrete systems

<p>The energy levels of a hydrogen Rydberg atom approaching a metallic structure are perturbed by the image-charge interaction with the surface. At small atom-surface separations surface ionisation of the Rydberg electron can occur, whereby the electron is transferred to a metal-localised stat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gibbard, J
Other Authors: Softley, T
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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