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Collisional redistribution of radiation. II - The effects of degeneracy on the equations of motion for the density matrix. III - The equation of motion for the correlation function and the scattered spectrumThe effect of correlations between an absorber atom and perturbers in the binary-collision approximation are applied to degenerate atomic systems. A generalized absorption profile which specifies the final state of the atom after an absorption event is related to the total intensities of Rayleigh scattering and fluorescence from the atom. It is suggested that additional dynamical information to that obtainable from ordinary absorption experiments is required in order to describe redistributed atomic radiation. The scattering of monochromatic radiation by a degenerate atom is computed in a binary-collision approximation; an equation of motion is derived for the correlation function which is valid outside the quantum-regression regime. Solutions are given for the weak-field conditions in terms of generalized absorption and emission profiles that depend on the indices of the atomic multipoles.
Document ID
19810027358
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Burnett, K.
(Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics Boulder, Colo., United States)
Cooper, J.
(Colorado, University Boulder, Colo., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1980
Publication Information
Publication: Physical Review A - General Physics
Subject Category
Nuclear And High-Energy Physics
Accession Number
81A11762
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF PHY-76-04761
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-06-003-057
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Public
Copyright
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