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< a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4056-376X">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4056-376X
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< a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-944X">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-944X
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1996
Abstract
In this paper we show that the diffraction condition for the scattering of atoms from surfaces leads to the appearance of a distinct type of classical singularity. Moreover, it is also shown that the onset of classical trapping or classical chaos is closely related to the bifurcation set of the diffraction-order function around the surface points presenting the rainbow effect. As an illustration of this dynamic, application to the scattering of He atoms by the stepped Cu(115) surface is presented using both a hard corrugated one-dimensional wall and a soft corrugated Morse potential.
Digital Commons Citation
Miret-Artés, S.; Margalef-Roig, J.; Guantes, R.; Borondo, F.; and Jaffé, Charles, "Classical Singularities In Chaotic Atom-Surface Scattering" (1996). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 485.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/485
Source Citation
Miret-Artés, S., Margalef-Roig, J., Guantes, R., Borondo, F., & Jaffé, Charles.(1996). Classical Singularities In Chaotic Atom-Surface Scattering. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter And Materials Physics, 54(15), 10397-10400. http://doi.org/10.1103/Physrevb.54.10397