Tunneling rates for excited states of sodium in a static electric field

Michael G. Littman; Myron L. Zimmerman; Daniel Kleppner

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.486

Tunneling rates for excited states of sodium in a static electric field

Michael G. Littman, Myron L. Zimmerman, Daniel Kleppner

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We have measured ionization rates for selected Stark states of sodium in the range n=12-14, |m|=2. We find that the ionization rates for the lowest Stark components of each term are in excellent agreement with values calculated for hydrogen. The systematics of ionization of the higher sublevels, however, is in serious disagreement with hydrogenic theory because of effects of level mixing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	486-489
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	37
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.37.486
State	Published - 1976
Externally published	Yes

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Tunneling rates for excited states of sodium in a static electric field

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