Fine structure of Rydberg atomic states

V. E. Chernov, Dmitrii L. Dorofeev, B. A. Zon

Kenneth C. Harvey, Boris Peter Stoicheff

Boris Mikhailovich Karnakov, В. П. Крайнов

Xia Dan, Jiaming Li

Based on relativistic channel theory, we have studied the fine structures of n 2 D Rydberg states for alkali atoms. We explain the abnormal fine structures owing to the competition effect of the spin-orbit interaction and the relativistic effect of the exchange interactions between the excited electron and the core electrons.

T. N. Chang, F A Larijani

The development of the tunable dye laser as well as other more advanced experimental techniques has recently made possible the high-resolution study of the fine structure of the highly excited Rydberg states of alkali atoms. By recognising analytically the n dependence of the energy eigenvalue of the highly excited state based on its quasi-hydrogenic character, the authors were able to analyse quantitatively all the existing experimental measurements. The qualitative aspects concerning the fine structure splitting will also be discussed.

S. Haroche