ELECTRIC-FIELD EFFECTS ON BARIUM AUTOIONIZING SPECTRA

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作者
ARMSTRONG, DJ [1 ]
GREENE, CH [1 ]
WOOD, RP [1 ]
COOPER, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV COLORADO, DEPT PHYS, BOULDER, CO 80309 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2379
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Stark spectra for atomic barium in the autoionizing region below the 5d3/2 ionization threshold are studied by photoionization of the laser-excited 5d6p 3D1(0) bound level, in a combined experimental and theoretical study. The electric field dramatically increases the complexity of the resonance pattern beyond that of the already complex zero-field spectrum. A quantum defect and R-matrix calculation describes 86 relevant zero-field channels. A frame transformation couples these channels together nonperturbatively in the presence of the field, reproducing most of the observations.
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