Relaxation Phenomena Due to Collisions with Neutral Perturbers in Hyperfine Structure Multiplets
Abstract
A connection is established between the depolarizing rates, due to collisions with neutral perturbers, of the statistical tensors of a hyperfine structure multiplet and those of the statistical tensors of the parent fine structure level. This connection is described by a simple equation involving a 12-j symbol of the second kind. An application is performed to derive an analytical expression for the scattering matrix of a hyperfine structured two-level atom in the presence of collisions and a magnetic field. Numerical results are presented.
- Publication:
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Solar Polariation Workshop 8
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019ASPC..526...29L