Collisions Involving Atoms in High Rydberg States

这个程序是基于使用碱原子激发的 激光器到特定的高位（里德堡）状态，到几个 问题类别： 1)里德伯原子速度依赖性的研究 碰撞过程; 2)电子-分子相互作用研究 电子能量; 3)里德伯原子性质的表征 具有非常大的主量子数（100）的特定状态 n 500）;以及 4)研究里德伯原子对微扰的反应 由固体表面上存在的场（1 Mev）确定。 这些研究涉及创新的激光和光学 技术，以实现明确界定的人口里德堡原子， 它探索了解决这些问题的创新方法， 这可能会导致重要的物理理解，而不是其他 available.

This program is based on the use of alkali atoms excited by lasers to specific high-lying (Rydberg) states, to several classes of problems: 1) The study of the velocity dependence of Rydberg atom collision processes; 2) the study of electron-molecule interactions at very low electron energies; 3) the characterization of properties of Rydberg atoms in specific states with very large principal quantum numbers (100 n 500); and 4) to study the response of Rydberg atoms to perturbations by the fields existing at a solid surface (1Mev). These investigations involve innovative laser and optical techniques to achieve well defined populations of Rydberg atoms, and it explores innovative approaches to these several problems which may lead to important physical understanding not otherwise available.