Autoionization of very-high-n strontium Rydberg atoms

30th International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions

Zhang, X.^1 ; Fields, G.^1 ; Dunning, F.B.^1 ; Yoshida, S.^2 ; Burgdörfer, J.^2

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston

TX, United States^1

Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, EU, Vienna, Austria^2

关键词: Autoionization;    Rydberg atoms;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/875/3/022001/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/875/3/022001

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Synopsis The autoionization of high n, n∼280-430, strontium Rydberg states through excitation of the 5s 2S1/2 5p 2P1/2 transition in the core ion is investigated. The autoionization rates decrease rapidly as L is increased paving the way for production of long-lived two-electron-excited planetary atoms.