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Quenching collisions of rubidium in the nS (32⩽n⩽45) Rydberg levels with helium

1981; IOP Publishing; Volume: 14; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/0022-3700/14/21/018

1747-3721

M Hugon, P. R. Fournier, E. de Prunelé,

Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Reports measurements of the cross sections for collisional quenching of highly excited rubidium nS (32<or=n<or=45) states by helium. A time-resolved selective field ionisation technique is used for this study. The experimental results are compared with the values calculated using an approximate scaling formula.