Le Journal de Physique Colloques
INTRODUCTORY TALK ON EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS ON HIGH RYDBERG ATOMS
S. Feneuille
Abstract
During the last five years, numerous experimental and theoretical studies have been carried out on highly excited atoms in the presence of an external static field, electric or magnetic. The aim of this introductory talk is to show that, consequently, our knowledge of the subject has considerably increased, but that, nevertheless, many questions still remain open.