title: Motion-induced magnetic resonance of Rb atoms in a periodic magnetostatic field.
abstract: We demonstrate that transitions between Zeeman-split sublevels of Rb atoms are resonantly induced by the motion of the atoms (velocity: approximately 100 m/s) in a periodic magnetostatic field (period: 1 mm) when the Zeeman splitting corresponds to the frequency of the magnetic field experienced by the moving atoms. A circularly polarized laser beam polarizes Rb atoms with a velocity selected using the Doppler effect and detects their magnetic resonance in a thin cell, to which the periodic field is applied with the arrays of parallel current-carrying wires.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamazaki