Published March 18, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Effects of autoionization on the alignment of Cd+(4d95s22D/sub 5/2/) in the range 680--710 A

  • 1. Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511

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The alignment of the 4d95s22D/sub 5/2/ state of Cd+ is obtained from fluorescence polarization measurements using dispersed synchrotron radiation in the spectral region 680 to 710 A. This region is dominated by strong autoionization features associated with the nf( 1P1) and np( 3P1, 3D1) Rydberg states converging to the 4d95s22D/sub 3/2/ fine-structure threshold. The polarization and alignment data show marked variations across the resonance profiles and are compared with recent calculations in the relativistic random-phase approximations in conjunction with multichannel quantum-defect theory

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
54
Journal Issue
11
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1156-1159
ISSN
0031-9007