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The Structure of Rydberg Atoms in Strong Static Fields

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Atoms in Unusual Situations

Part of the book series: Nato ASI Series ((NSSB,volume 143))

Abstract

Among the numerous works carried out on Rydberg atoms for the last ten years, the class which is concerned with their properties in external fields has some singular character, As for other experiments, on Q.E.D., superradiance...the existence of scaling laws in the Rydberg ladder was an early motivation. This indeed offers a unique opportunity of experimentally studying unsolved questions at laboratory field conditions. But their singular character lies in that they aim at a complete perturbation of the atomic system itself, which, in some conditions, recalls everything but an atom. Actually, these experiments in external fields allow the deepest alterations of the atomic structure ever realized in a controlled way. This strongly contrasts with the conception which prevails in other experiments in which the atomic structure is fully respected and used as a probe of the interactions.

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Gay, J.C. (1986). The Structure of Rydberg Atoms in Strong Static Fields. In: Briand, J.P. (eds) Atoms in Unusual Situations. Nato ASI Series, vol 143. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9337-6_6

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