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Relaxation Phenomena Due to Collisions with Neutral Perturbers in Hyperfine Structure Multiplets

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Authors
Degl'Innocenti E. L. ., Belluzzi L.
Type
Article in conference proceedings
Year
2019
Language
English
Abstract
A connection is established between the depolarizing rates, due to collisions with neutral perturbers, of the statistical tensors of a hyperfine structure multiplet and those of the statistical tensors of the parent fine structure level. This connection is described by a simple equation involving a 12-j symbol of the second kind. An application is performed to derive an analytical expression for the scattering matrix of a hyperfine structured two-level atom in the presence of collisions and a magnetic field. Numerical results are presented.
Conference proceedings
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series
Series
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series
Start page number
29
Keywords
irsol-conference-proceedings