-changing collision of a high-Rydberg atom with a polar molecule
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 18 (4) , 1396-1398
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.18.1396
Abstract
Cross sections of the title process are theoretically evaluated to be of order of - , using the model in which an excited Rydberg electron behaves as if it were "free" and slow, with interaction between the excited electron and a polar molecule playing a decisive role. The dependence of the cross section shows a sharp peak as the energy defect becomes small.
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