title: Nonhydrogenic effects in the deceleration of Rydberg atoms in inhomogeneous electric fields.
abstract: Argon atoms in Stark states at n approximately 25 have been decelerated and accelerated in inhomogeneous electric fields. The acceleration and deceleration behavior can be understood only by considering the adiabatic Landau-Zener dynamics that take place at the avoided crossings between the Stark states and the limited fluorescence lifetimes of approximately 10 micros.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zürich CH-8093, Switzerland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vliegen
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Wörner
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Softley
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merkt