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S. Ulzega

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arXiv2006

Reconciliation of experimental and theoretical electric tensor polarizabilities of the cesium ground state

We present a new theoretical analysis of the strongly suppressed F- and M-dependent Stark shifts of the Cs ground state hyperfine structure. Our treatment uses third order perturbation theory including off-diagonal hyperfine interactions not considered in earlier treatments. A numerical evaluation of the perturbation sum using bound states up to n=200 yields ground state tensor polarizabilities which are in good agreement with experimental values, thereby bridging the 40-year-old gap between experiments and theory. We have further found that the tensor polarizabilities of the two ground state hyperfine manifolds have opposite signs, in disagreement with an earlier derivation. This sign error has a direct implication for the precise evaluation of the blackbody radiation shift in primary frequency standards.

physics.atom-ph↗

arXiv2006

Spectroscopy of Rb$_{2}$ dimers in solid $^{4}$He

We present experimental and theoretical studies of the absorption, emission and photodissociation spectra of Rb$_{2}$ molecules in solid helium. We have identified 11 absorption bands of Rb$_{2}$. All laser-excited molecular states are quenched by the interaction with the He matrix. The quenching results in efficient population of a metastable (1)$^{3}Π_{u}$ state, which emits fluorescence at 1042 nm. In order to explain the fluorescence at the forbidden transition and its time dependence we propose a new molecular exciplex Rb$_{2}(^{3}Π_{u})$He$_{2}$. We have also found evidence for the formation of diatomic bubble states following photodissociation of Rb$_{2}$.

physics.atom-ph↗

arXiv2006

Stark effect of the cesium ground state: electric tensor polarizability and shift of the clock transition frequency

We present a theoretical analysis of the Stark effect in the hyperfine structure of the cesium ground-state. We have used third order perturbation theory, including diagonal and off-diagonal hyperfine interactions, and have identified terms which were not considered in earlier treatments. A numerical evaluation using perturbing levels up to n=18 yields new values for the tensor polarizability $α_2(6S_{1/2})$ and for the Stark shift of the clock transition frequency in cesium. The polarizabilities are in good agreement with experimental values, thereby removing a 40-year-old discrepancy. The clock shift value is in excellent agreement with a recent measurement, but in contradiction with the commonly accepted value used to correct the black-body shift of primary frequency standards.

physics.atom-ph↗

arXiv2006

Rb*He_n exciplexes in solid 4_He

We report the observation of emission spectra from Rb*He_n exciplexes in solid 4He. Two different excitation channels were experimentally identified, viz., exciplex formation via laser excitation to the atomic 5P3/2 and to the 5P1/2 levels. While the former channel was observed before in liquid helium, on helium nanodroplets and in helium gas by different groups, the latter creation mechanism occurs only in solid helium or in gaseous helium above 10 Kelvin. The experimental results are compared to theoretical predictions based on the extension of a model, used earlier by us for the description of Cs*He_n exciplexes. We also report the first observation of fluorescence from atomic rubidium in solid helium, and discuss striking differences between the spectroscopic feature of Rb-He and Cs-He systems.

physics.atom-ph↗

arXiv2004

Discovery of dumbbell-shaped Cs*He_n exciplexes in solid He 4

We have observed several new spectral features in the fluorescence of cesium atoms implanted in the hcp phase of solid helium following laser excitation to the 6$^{2}$P states. Based on calculations of the emission spectra using semiempirical Cs-He pair potentials the newly discovered lines can be assigned to the decay of specific Cs*He$_{n}$ exciplexes: an apple-shaped Cs$(AΠ_{3/2})$He$_{2}$ and a dumbbell-shaped Cs$(AΠ_{1/2}) $He$_{n}$ exciplex with a well defined number $n$ of bound helium atoms. While the former has been observed in other enviroments, it was commonly believed that exciplexes with $n>2$ might not exist. The calculations suggest Cs$(AΠ_{1/2}) $He$_{6}$ to be the most probable candidate for that exciplex, in which the helium atoms are arranged on a ring around the waist of the dumbbell shaped electronic density distribution of the cesium atom.

physics.atm-clus↗