Zero-Field Quantum Beats in Lyman- $β$ Radiation from Beam-Foil-Excited Hydrogen Atoms

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17 May 1971

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

Vol. 26 (20) , 1211-1213
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.26.1211

Abstract

Zero-field quantum beats were observed in

L y - β

emission (1026 Å) from hydrogen atoms formed by beam-foil excitation, and the energy dependence of the magnetic-substate cross sections for

n = 3

,

l = 1

states was determined for beam energies in the range from 230 to 500 keV/atom.

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