Hyperfine structure of atoms in combined external fields

M. Musso1
1Institut für Experimentalphysik, Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria

Tóm tắt

In order to interpret experimental hyperfine spectra of the resonance lines of the alkali atoms in presence of external electric and magnetic fields in arbitrary direction relative to each other a computer programme has been developed which computes the splitting of hyperfine components of spectral lines and their expected relative transition probabilities. The computed data can be directly compared with experimental spectra taken by laser-atomic-beam spectroscopy. Splitting parameters, like hyperfine structure constants or polarizabilities, can be evaluated with the help of a fitting procedure. The theoretical approach used in the programme has rather general validity, therefore the programme can be utilized, within the validity of the applied theoretical assumptions, for any kind of atom.

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