Published December 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Energy transfer in collissions between excited atoms

  • 1. Warsaw Univ. (Poland). Inst. Fizyki Doswiadczalnej
  • 2. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa (Italy). Ist. di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare

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We report on the collisional processes that occur in alkali metal vapours upon illumination with a laser tuned to the first principal atomic transition, observed in experiments performed under various conditions. Several proposed mechanisms for the population of higher atomic and molecular levels are presented and discussed. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Rep.
Journal Volume
92
Journal Issue
4
Series
CODEN: PRPLC.;Phys. Rep.
Journal Page Range
135-181
ISSN
0370-1573

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