MOLECULAR THEORY OF COLLISION-INDUCED FINE-STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS IN ATOMIC OXYGEN

被引:30
作者
ZYGELMAN, B
DALGARNO, A
SHARMA, RD
机构
[1] HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CTR ASTROPHYS, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 USA
[2] PHILLIPS LAB, DIV OPT ENVIRONM, LEXINGTON, MA 01731 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1994年 / 49卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.49.2587
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A molecular theory of collision-induced fine-structure-level transitions in complex atoms is presented. The theory is applied to calculate the excitation cross sections for the fine-structure levels in the P3 ground state of atomic oxygen. We discuss and compare the theory presented here with previous molecular theories.
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页码:2587 / 2606
页数:20
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