Buffer-gas-induced shift and broadening of hyperfine resonances in alkali- metal vapors

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Oreto, P J ^a   Jau, Y Y ^a   Post, A B ^a   Kuzma, N N ^a   Happer, W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; GASES; HELIUM; INDUCTANCE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS;

ALKALI-METAL VAPORS; HYPERFINE RESONANCES; SPIN RELAXATION;

RESONANCE;

EID: 2942534175     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.042716     Document Type: Article

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