Controlling the collapse of atomic wavefunctions
- 15 June 1978
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 11 (13), L381-L384
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/11/13/001
Abstract
Within a Hartree-Fock model it is shown that the collapse of excited atomic wavefunctions can be induced and, to a large extent controlled, by acting on the valence shell. The example of 4f wavefunctions in Cs I is considered, and controlled collapse is suggested as a means of producing a soft X-ray 'Q-spoiler'.Keywords
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