Optical electric resonance investigation of a fast hydrogen beam. I. Theory of the atom-RF field interaction
- 21 April 1974
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 7 (6) , 704-729
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/7/6/013
Abstract
This series of articles will describe a novel method of utilizing optical detection of RF-induced fine structure transitions to investigate the population of excited states of fast hydrogen atoms produced by charge exchange collisions between an initial proton beam and various gas or foil targets. In Part I a model of the charge exchange collision and the interaction of the hydrogen beam with an external oscillatory field are considered within the framework of the density matrix formalism and expressions are obtained for the RF lineshapes in terms of the initial atomic density matrix elements.Keywords
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