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Physical Review A

Hyperfine-structure measurements in the Rydberg S and P states of rubidium and cesium

John W. Farley, Pericles G. Tsekeris, R. Gupta

Published Apr 1, 1977• 28 citations
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Abstract

We have measured the hyperfine structure in many highly-excited $S$ and $P$ states of $^{87}\mathrm{Rb}$ and $^{133}\mathrm{Cs}$. The results for the magnetic-dipole coupling constants are, in MHz, for $^{87}\mathrm{Rb}$: $A(10^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}})=56.3(2)$, $A(11^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}})=37.4(3)$; and for $^{133}\mathrm{Cs}$: $A(9^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}})=110.1(5)$, $A(13^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}})=18.4(1)$, $A(14^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}})=13.4(1)$, $A(15^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}})=10.1(1)$, $A(16^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}})=7.73(5)$, $A(17^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}})=6.06(10)$, $A(10^{2}P_{\frac{1}{2}})=13.9(2)$.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.15.1530

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