Non-statistical Excitation Of The Magnetic Substates Of The ¹P1 Level Of Group II Metal Atoms In Collision With 800 EV Helium Atoms

Author

D. W. Fahey
Laird D. Schearer, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Abstract

A large polarization has been observed for the emission lines of strontium and calcium excited by a beam of neutral helium atoms with 800 eV lab energy. The measured value of 15% indicates a preferential population of the magnetic substates of the correlated atom states of the target species. Depolarization of the emission in a magnetic field has been observed demonstrating the feasibility of Hanle-type lifetime measurements. © 1978.

Recommended Citation

D. W. Fahey and L. D. Schearer, "Non-statistical Excitation Of The Magnetic Substates Of The ¹P1 Level Of Group II Metal Atoms In Collision With 800 EV Helium Atoms," Physics Letters A, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 215 - 216, Elsevier, Mar 1978.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(78)90152-4

Department(s)

Physics

Comments

Office of Naval Research, Grant None

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0375-9601

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2023 Elsevier, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

06 Mar 1978