Trap-induced atom-ion complexes: a time-independent approach
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| author | Liang, Zhongqi Shi, Ruiren Pérez-Ríos, Jesús |
| author_facet | Liang, Zhongqi Shi, Ruiren Pérez-Ríos, Jesús |
| contents | A trapped ion immersed in a neutral bath shows long-lived atom-ion complexes that significantly alter its chemical properties, and, thus the ion stability. In this work, we present a general study of trapped ion-atom scattering with the ion modeled as a charge distribution defined by the spatial extent of its ground-state wavefunction. After mapping the time-dependent problem onto a time-independent framework, we investigate the role of the trap, the atomic species, atom-ion interaction, and collision energy in shaping the chaotic dynamics of the system. We find that the probability of atom-ion complex formation directly measures its chaoticity. Therefore, our results establish a clear relationship between the emergence of chaotic scattering and the presence of ion-atom complexes. |
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| spellingShingle | Trap-induced atom-ion complexes: a time-independent approach Liang, Zhongqi Shi, Ruiren Pérez-Ríos, Jesús Atomic Physics Quantum Gases A trapped ion immersed in a neutral bath shows long-lived atom-ion complexes that significantly alter its chemical properties, and, thus the ion stability. In this work, we present a general study of trapped ion-atom scattering with the ion modeled as a charge distribution defined by the spatial extent of its ground-state wavefunction. After mapping the time-dependent problem onto a time-independent framework, we investigate the role of the trap, the atomic species, atom-ion interaction, and collision energy in shaping the chaotic dynamics of the system. We find that the probability of atom-ion complex formation directly measures its chaoticity. Therefore, our results establish a clear relationship between the emergence of chaotic scattering and the presence of ion-atom complexes. |
| title | Trap-induced atom-ion complexes: a time-independent approach |
| topic | Atomic Physics Quantum Gases |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03939 |