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The current status of knowledge about the ionization of Hydrogen Rydberg atoms by circularly polarized microwaves is reviewed. A brief presentation of experimental data available in the literature is followed by a discussion of theoretical predictions based on both the classical and the quantum studies. A few misconceptions present in research papers devoted to this subject are clarified. A comparison with the linearly polarized microwave ionization problem reveals similarities and, sometimes, strong differences between the two systems. Both are of value for deepening the understanding of the nature of the ionization process as well as, more generally, of quantum systems which classically exhibit irregular or mixed regular-irregular behaviour.
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Delande, D., Zakrzewski, J. (1997). Ionization of hydrogen atoms by circularly polarized microwaves. In: Friedrich, H., Eckhardt, B. (eds) Classical, Semiclassical and Quantum Dynamics in Atoms. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 485. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0105976
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