Stark effect of high-n hydrogen-like transitions: Quasi-contiguous approximation

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Stambulchik, Evgeny ^a   Maron, Yitzhak ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASTROPHYSICS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RYDBERG STATES;

HIGHLY EXCITED (RYDBERG) ATOMS; LINE SHAPES; PLASMA PHYSICS; RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS;

STARK EFFECT;

EID: 42549106742     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/41/9/095703     Document Type: Article

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