Abstract
Atom—atom collision processes in an electric field are considered. A formula is obtained, in a two-level approximation, for the probability of transitions in which there is a change in the total angular momentum from J=0 to J=1. It is shown that the transition probability is characterized by an anisotropic distribution and a dependence on the electric field strength.
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V. V. Kuibyshev State University, Tomsk. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 91–94, October, 1994.
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Demkin, V.P. Heavy particle scattering by atoms in an electric field. Russ Phys J 37, 993–996 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00558962
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