Study of the highly excited Rydberg states of quasi-hydrogenic atoms

14 October 1978

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics

Vol. 11 (19) , L583-L588
https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/11/19/004

Abstract

The author proposes an approach which is capable of analysing quantitatively the highly excited Rydberg states of quasi-hydrogenic atoms. The effectiveness of this approach is demonstrated by an application to the fine structure of the ²D states of rubidium.

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