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Photon-Scattering Theory of the Quenching of Hydrogenic Metastables

G. W. F. Drake, R. B. Grimley

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The quenching of hydrogenic metastables is formulated as a near-resonant photon-scattering problem, and a complete analysis of the polarization and angular distribution of the emitted radiation is presented. The contribution from $\mathrm{np}$ states with $n>2$ is calculated, and an alternative method of measuring the Lamb shift is suggested.

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The quenching of hydrogenic metastables is formulated as a near-resonant photon-scattering problem, and a complete analysis of the polarization and angular distribution of the emitted radiation is presented. The contribution from $\mathrm{np}$ states with $n>2$ is calculated, and an alternative method of measuring the Lamb shift is suggested.

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The quenching of hydrogenic metastables is formulated as a near-resonant photon-scattering problem, and a complete analysis of the polarization and angular distribution of the emitted radiation is presented. The contribution from $\mathrm{np}$ states with $n>2$ is calculated, and an alternative method of measuring the Lamb shift is suggested.

Key concepts: Atomic physics, Polarization (electrochemistry), Scattering, Photon, Physics, Quenching (fluorescence), Quantum mechanics, Chemistry

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