Studies of xenon atoms in high Rydberg states

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1 October 1975

journal article
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Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A

Vol. 12 (4) , 1453-1458
DOI:10.1103/physreva.12.1453

Abstract

Thermal beams of xenon atoms in single high Rydberg states have been produced by photoexcitation of

Xe ({}^{3}P_{0})

metastable atoms. The highly excited states which were populated in this way were identified as

np {[\frac{1}{2}]}_{1}

with

11 \leq n \leq 16

and

nf {[\frac{3}{2}]}_{1}

with

8 \leq n \leq 40

. The field ionization characteristics and radiative lifetimes of these atoms have been studied.

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