Experimental and theoretical study of the 6d(3/2) polarizability of cesium

We report polarizability measurements of atomic cesium's 6d(3/2) state. The scalar and tensor polarizabilities are determined from hyperfine-resolved Stark-shift measurements using two-photon laser-induced-fluorescence spectroscopy of an effusive beam. The resulting values are alpha(0) = -5310(180)a(0)(3) and alpha(2) = 8650(260)a(0)(3). In addition, our measurements yield the hyperfine coupling constants A = 16.36(15) MHz and B = -0.7(8) MHz, which agree with previous measurements. We also present relativistic all-order calculations of both scalar and tensor polarizabilities. The resulting theoretical values, alpha(0) = -5686(121)a(0)(3) and alpha(2) = 8750(82)a(0)(3), are in agreement with the present experimental results.

Title	Experimental and theoretical study of the 6d(3/2) polarizability of cesium
Creator	Safronova, M. S.
	Tinsman, C.
	Kortyna, Andrew
	Grab, J.
	Safronova, U. I.
Publisher	Physical Review A
Academic Department	Physics
Division	Natural Sciences
Organization	Lafayette College
Date Issued	April 20, 2011
Date Available	2011-05-24T20:04:15Z
Type	Article
Language	English
Bibliographic Citation	Kortyna, A, et al. (2011) "Experimental and theoretical study of the 6d(3/2) polarizability of cesium." Physical Review A 83 (4): 042511-1--042511-9.
Standard Identifier	Handle 10385/832
Standard Identifier	DOI 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.042511
Permalink	http://hdl.handle.net/10385/832
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