Interaction effects on dynamical localization in driven helium

Phys Rev Lett. 2014 Aug 8;113(6):063004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.063004. Epub 2014 Aug 8.

Abstract

Dynamical localization prevents driven atomic systems from fast fragmentation by hampering the excitation process. We present numerical simulations within a collinear model of microwave-driven helium Rydberg atoms and prove that dynamical localization survives the impact of electron-electron interaction, even for doubly excited states in the presence of fast autoionization. We conclude that the effect of electron-electron repulsion on localization can be described by an appropriate rescaling of the atomic level density and of the external field with the strength of the interaction.