mJ Mixing in Oriented 42P12 Potassium Atoms, Induced by Collisions with Inert Gases
Abstract
A modified Zeeman scanning method was used to excite selectively the magnetic substates of the 42P12 potassium atoms mixed with inert gases and placed in a strong magnetic field. The resulting potassium-inert-gas atomic collisions induced mJ mixing in potassium, which manifested itself by the depolarization of the potassium resonance fluorescence. The polarization measurements yielded the following disorientation cross sections: K-He: 46 Å2 K-Ne: 39 Å2 K-A: 52 Å2 K-Kr: 80 Å2 K-Xe: 107 Å2.
- Publication:
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Physical Review
- Pub Date:
- January 1968
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRev.165.158
- Bibcode:
- 1968PhRv..165..158B