Experimental evaluation of the cross-sections for the Cs(6D) → Cs(7PJ) and Cs(6D5 / 2) → Cs(6D3 / 2) collisional transfer processes induced by He and Ar

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 623-633

  Correll, Tiffany L ^a   Horvatic, Vlasta ^b   Omenetto, Nicoló ^a   Winefordner, James D ^a   Vadla, Cedomil ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alkali noble gas mixture; Cesium; Collision transfer; Cross sections; Energy transfer

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALKALI-NOBLE GAS MIXTURE; COLLISION TRANSFER; CROSS-SECTIONS; INTRA-MULTIPLET;

GAS DYNAMICS;

EID: 33745808349     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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