We have studied an ionization of alkali-metal Rydberg atoms by blackbody radiation (BBR). The results of the theoretical calculations of ionization rates of Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs Rydberg atoms are presented. Calculations have been performed for nS, nP and nD states which are commonly used in a variety of experiments, at principal quantum numbers n=8-65 and at the three ambient temperatures of 77...

We have studied an ionization of alkali-metal Rydberg atoms by blackbody radiation (BBR). The results of the theoretical calculations of ionization rates of Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs Rydberg atoms are presented. Calculations have been performed for nS, nP and nD states which are commonly used in a variety of experiments, at principal quantum numbers n=8-65 and at the three ambient temperatures of 77...

We have studied an ionization of alkali-metal Rydberg atoms by blackbody radiation (BBR). The results of the theoretical calculations of ionization rates of Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs Rydberg atoms are presented. Calculations have been performed for nS, nP and nD states which are commonly used in a variety of experiments, at principal quantum numbers n=8-65 and at the three ambient temperatures of 77...

The response of an integrating ionization chamber at 10 g/cm •' depth in the atmosphere to particles of various rigidities is evaluated by using the change of ionization with latitude. This procedure yields the differential response curves at solar minimum and solar maximum and also the mean rigidity of response at any given latitude. For high latitude and Minneapolis, the mean responses are 2....

We have excited helium atoms from their metastable 2 3S state to Rydberg states in the range 13 < n < 50 in a two-step process via the 3 3P state using light at λ = 389 nm and 785–815 nm. Atoms in a thermal beam (100 K) cross partially overlapping laser beams of the appropriate frequencies in the counterintuitive order to exploit the high efficiency of stimulated rapid adiabatic passage. The in...

a three-step selective photo-ionization for gd155 and gd157 isotopes by pulsed laser wasevaluated numerically. due to large thermal neutron absorption cross sections, these two isotopes innatural gadolinium are good candidates as burnable poison to control reactivity early in the fuel cycleand allow extended fuel burn up. rate equations have been used to calculate the dynamics of the isotopepop...

T H E P O T E N T I A L hazard to humans from exposure to the pr imary cosmic radiation at very high altitude centers upon the heavy nuclei component of the pr imary radiation. I t is not the total ionization dosage of these rays which creates the potential danger but their extremely high specific ionization. I t has been shown 6'7 that living cells which happen to be in or close to the central...

We studied the effects of ionization in a sonoluminescing (SL) bubble within the hydrodynamic framework. The thermodynamic variables and the degrees of ionization inside the bubble throughout an oscillation cycle are obtained by solving the hydrodynamic equations assuming spherical symmetry. Several models are used to compute the emitted radiation, which are then compared with experimental data...

The study of the biological effects of ionizing radiation started practically at the same time as the discovery of X-rays in 1895. Since the techniques and methods accepted today to quantify radiation dose were absent at that time, first findings and studies were barely qualitative. Nonetheless, harmful effects to man and to laboratory animal species from ionizing radiation were already observe...