Double excitations of helium in weak static electric fields.
A dramatic electric field dependence has been observed in the fluorescence yield spectrum of the doubly excited states in helium, where a rich phenomenology is encountered below the threshold. Fluorescence yields of certain states can be tuned to zero, while other dipole-forbidden states are significantly enhanced, for fields much weaker than 1 kV/cm. Using an R-matrix multichannel quantum defect theory, spherical-to-parabolic frame transformation method, we are able to reproduce the main features of the observed spectrum, and we discuss the qualitative behavior in terms of weak electric field mixing.
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Physics Department, Box 530, S-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden.
Ström
Magnus
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Agåker
Marcus
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Söderström
Johan
J
Rubensson
Jan-Erik
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Richter
Robert
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Alagia
Michele
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Stranges
Stefano
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Gorczyca
T W
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Robicheaux
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