title: Spin relaxation resonances due to the spin-axis interaction in dense rubidium and cesium vapor.
abstract: Resonances in the magnetic decoupling curves for the spin relaxation of dense alkali-metal vapors prove that much of the relaxation is due to the spin-axis interaction in triplet dimers. Initial estimates of the spin-axis coupling coefficients for the dimers (likely accurate to a factor of 2) are |lambda|/h = 290 MHz for Rb; 2500 MHz for Cs.
authors.affiliation: Joseph Henry Laboratory, Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levron
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Happer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadlecek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chann
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D002586:Cesium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D012413:Rubidium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002586:Cesium; D012413:Rubidium