English

Spin Relaxation Resonances Due to the Spin-Axis Interaction in Dense Rubidium and Cesium Vapor

Atomic Physics 2009-11-06 v1

Abstract

Resonances in the magnetic decoupling curves for the spin relaxation of dense alkali-metal vapors prove that much of the relaxation is due to the spin-axis interaction in triplet dimers. Initial estimates of the spin-axis coupling coefficients for the dimers are 290 MHz for Rb; 2500 MHz for Cs.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.physics/0009072,
  title  = {Spin Relaxation Resonances Due to the Spin-Axis Interaction in Dense Rubidium and Cesium Vapor},
  author = {C. J. Erickson and D. Levron and W. Happer and S. Kadlecek and B. Chann and L. W. Anderson and T. G. Walker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0009072},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

submitted to Physical Review Letters, text + 3 figures