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We present results of theoretical studies of the non-resonant excitation transfer in Rb(7S) + Rb(5S) and Rb(5D) + Rb(5S) collisions at thermal collision energies. Rb2 adiabatic molecular terms correlating with the 5S+7S, 5S+5D and 5P+5P states of separated atoms were calculated for internuclear distances R > 20 a.u. using asymptotic approximation. Mechanisms of collisional population and quenching of the 5D state were treated on the basis of the computed molecular terms, and the respective cross-sections were calculated. Theoretical cross-sections are in good agreement with the experimental values at thermal collision energies ( K).
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Received 13 November 1998 and Received in final form 22 November 1999
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Orlovsky, K., Grushevsky, V. & Ekers, A. Theoretical study of energy transfer in Rb(7S) + Rb(5S) and Rb(5D) + Rb(5S) collisions. Eur. Phys. J. D 12, 133–146 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530070050
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530070050