TY - JOUR
T1 - Polarization and hyperfine transitions of metastable Xe129 in discharge cells
AU - Xia, T.
AU - Morgan, S. W.
AU - Jau, Y. Y.
AU - Happer, W.
PY - 2010/3/22
Y1 - 2010/3/22
N2 - The polarization and relaxation rates of metastable Xe129 atoms are measured with magnetic resonance spectroscopy, at both microwave frequencies, where ΔF=1 transitions are induced between the sublevels, and at radiofrequencies, corresponding to ΔF=0 transitions. The nuclear spin polarization of the resonant velocity group is measured to be 22±2%. The relaxation of metastable xenon atoms is dominated by depolarizing collisions with ground-state atoms, with lesser contributions from metastability exchange collisions.
AB - The polarization and relaxation rates of metastable Xe129 atoms are measured with magnetic resonance spectroscopy, at both microwave frequencies, where ΔF=1 transitions are induced between the sublevels, and at radiofrequencies, corresponding to ΔF=0 transitions. The nuclear spin polarization of the resonant velocity group is measured to be 22±2%. The relaxation of metastable xenon atoms is dominated by depolarizing collisions with ground-state atoms, with lesser contributions from metastability exchange collisions.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.033419
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.033419
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77949699537
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 81
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 033419
ER -