Breakdown of the few-level approximation in collective systems

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Kiffner, M ^a   Evers, J ^a   Keitel, C H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; GEOMETRY; VECTORS;

DIPOLE-DIPOLE INTERACTING; FEW LEVEL APPROXIMATION; ZEEMAN SUBLEVELS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 34547358116     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.76.013807     Document Type: Article

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