Orbital alignment effects in near-resonant Rydberg atoms-rare gas collisions

Journal Article · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Bulletin of the American Physical Society

OSTI ID:281404

Isaacs, W A; Morrison, M A

Recent experimental and theoretical studies of near-resonant energy transfer collisions involving rare-gas atoms and alkali or alkaline earth atoms which have been initially excited to an aligned state via one or more linearly polarized rasters have yielded a wealth of insight into orbital alignment and related effects. We have extended this inquiry to initially aligned Rydberg states, examining state-to-state and alignment-selected cross sections using quantum collision theory augmented by approximations appropriate to the special characteristics of the Rydberg state (e.g., the quasi-free-electron model and the impulse approximation).

• OSTI ID: 281404
• Report Number(s): CONF-9305421-; ISSN 0003-0503; CNN: Grant PHY-8805972; TRN: 96:019329
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 38, Issue 3; Conference: 1993 American Physical Society annual meeting on atomic, molecular, and topical physics, Reno, NV (United States), 16-19 May 1993; Other Information: PBD: May 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
RARE GASES
ATOM-ATOM COLLISIONS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
RYDBERG STATES
ENERGY TRANSFER
CROSS SECTIONS