Radiative Lifetime and Photoionization Cross-Section for Rydberg States in Alkali-Metal Atoms

摘要

General properties were determined and asymptotic approximation formulas for probabilities of spontaneous decay and photoionization cross-sections were derived on the basis of numerically calculated amplitudes of bound-bound and bound-free radiation transitions from Rydberg nS-, nP- and nD-states of alkali atoms with high principal quantum numbers, up to n velence 1000. The departure of data from the asymptotic formulas for states with principal quantum numbers in the range between n velence 10 and n velence 2000 from originally calculated data does not exceed 0.1-1percent, and may be useful for estimations of natural radiation widths for arbitrary high Rydberg levels.