Hyperfine-structure measurements in the Rydberg $S$ and $P$ states of rubidium and cesium

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1 April 1977

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

Vol. 15 (4) , 1530-1536
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.15.1530

Abstract

We have measured the hyperfine structure in many highly-excited

S

and

P

states of

{}^{87}{Rb}

and

{}^{133}{Cs}

. The results for the magnetic-dipole coupling constants are, in MHz, for

{}^{87}{Rb}

:

A (10 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}) = 56.3 (2)

,

A (11 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}) = 37.4 (3)

; and for

{}^{133}{Cs}

:

A (9 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}) = 110.1 (5)

,

A (13 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}) = 18.4 (1)

,

A (14 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}) = 13.4 (1)

,

A (15 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}) = 10.1 (1)

,

A (16 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}) = 7.73 (5)

,

A (17 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}) = 6.06 (10)

,

A (10 {}^{2}P_{\frac{1}{2}}) = 13.9 (2)

.

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