Blackbody Radiation Induced Decay and Excitation οf Rydberg States in Sodium |
| V.D. Ovsiannikov and I.L. Glukhov
Department of Physics, Voronezh State University, 394006, Voronezh, Russian Federation |
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| Rates of the blackbody radiation induced excitation and decay were calculated for the S-, P-, D-series of the Rydberg states in sodium atoms with the Fues model potential method. Comparisons between three branches of the state depopulation mechanism (spontaneous decays, blakbody radiation induced and excitations) were carried out. Simple analytical formulas were proposed for ratios of the blackbody radiation induced decay and excitation rates to the spontaneous decay rate. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.116.528 PACS numbers: 32.80.-t, 32.80.Ee, 32.70.Cs |