Attosecond-Scale Probing of the Electron Motion in the H-Atom Groundstate

Gerald Rosen

Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2012.312230                

Abstract

Based on recent advances in attosecond strong-field spectroscopy and the current feasibility for trapping individual groundstate H-atoms from a neon-gas matrix, an experiment to probe the groundstate motion of the electron in the H-atom is proposed here.

Keywords

H-Atom Groundstate; Electron Motion

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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