R.R. Jones, Panming Fu, and T.F. Gallagher
Abstract:Autoionizing Rydberg states in zero field exhibit lifetimes scaling as the cube of the principal quantum number, n^3, but in a linearly polarized static or microwave field the lifetimes scale as n^4 due to L mixing. To mimic the effects of collisions with charged particleswe have examined the effect of a circularly polarized field on the decay rate and find longer lifetimes than in a linearly polarized field, but not an n^5 dependence.
Status: Published, J. Chem. Phys. 106, 3578 (1997).
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