Level-Crossing Spectroscopy in 7S122 Thallium. II. Theory of Self-Broadening and Tl*-Tl—Foreign-Gas Collisions

A. Omont, J. C. Hsieh, and J. C. Baird
Phys. Rev. A 6, 152 – Published 1 July 1972
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Abstract

The experimental results for the self-broadening of pure Tl of the previous paper are shown to be in good agreement with the theory of resonant collisions, taking into account the effects of the hyperfine structure. Wall collisions are nearly negligible in that case. The decrease of the self-broadening observed with the addition of a foreign gas is explained in terms of three-body collisions (Tl-He collisions occurring during a Tl*-Tl collision) which broaden the optical transitions of Tl and decrease the resonance effect in the transfer of excitation between Tl atoms. The quantitative agreement obtained with the experimental results shows that these three-body collisions must be responsible for the major part of the observed reduction in self-broadening.

  • Received 23 August 1971

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.6.152

©1972 American Physical Society

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A. Omont*

  • Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302

J. C. Hsieh

  • The Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

J. C. Baird

  • Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302

  • *On leave from the Université Paris VII and the Laboratorie de Spectroscopie Hertzienne de l'ENS, 9 Quai Saint Bernard, Paris5e.
  • On leave from Brown University, Providence, R.I.

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