Nonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields

The effect of deviation from hydrogenic behavior on the deceleration of Rydberg atoms in inhomogeneous electric fields was analyzed. A particle which was nonpolar in the ground state was electrostatically decelerated. The effect was smaller by a factor of 2 because of adiabatic traversals of avoided...

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Main Authors: Vliegen, E, Wörner, H, Softley, T, Merkt, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004
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author Vliegen, E
Wörner, H
Softley, T
Merkt, F
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description The effect of deviation from hydrogenic behavior on the deceleration of Rydberg atoms in inhomogeneous electric fields was analyzed. A particle which was nonpolar in the ground state was electrostatically decelerated. The effect was smaller by a factor of 2 because of adiabatic traversals of avoided crossings. The results show that the measurement of the decay of the Rydberg states at n = 25 sets a limit of ∼ μs to the time available for deceleration.
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spelling oxford-uuid:68e3b747-ac74-4b31-8a09-aba20b5bddad2022-03-26T18:48:04ZNonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric FieldsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:68e3b747-ac74-4b31-8a09-aba20b5bddadEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Vliegen, EWörner, HSoftley, TMerkt, FThe effect of deviation from hydrogenic behavior on the deceleration of Rydberg atoms in inhomogeneous electric fields was analyzed. A particle which was nonpolar in the ground state was electrostatically decelerated. The effect was smaller by a factor of 2 because of adiabatic traversals of avoided crossings. The results show that the measurement of the decay of the Rydberg states at n = 25 sets a limit of ∼ μs to the time available for deceleration.
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Nonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields
title Nonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields
title_full Nonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields
title_fullStr Nonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields
title_full_unstemmed Nonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields
title_short Nonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields
title_sort nonhydrogenic effects in the deceleration of rydberg atoms in inhomogeneous electric fields
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