Atom symmetry break and metastable level coupling in rare gas atom-surface van der Waals interaction

van der Waals interactions between an atom and a planar surface exhibit a quadrupolar component in D(2)(z)-D(2)/3 (D, atomic dipole; ź, normal to surface). This coupling is responsible for an atom symmetry break, mixing levels of the same parity such as metastable 3P0, 3P2 levels of rare gas atoms....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Physical review letters 2001-03, Vol.86 (13), p.2766-2769
Hauptverfasser:	Boustimi, M, Viaris de Lesegno, B, Baudon, J, Robert, J, Ducloy, M
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Sprache:	eng
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