Phys. Rev. A 56, 2090–2094 (1997)Spin-rotation interaction of alkali-metal–He-atom pairsReceived 3 September 1996; published in the issue dated September 1997 A treatment of the spin-rotation coupling between alkali-metal atoms and He atoms is presented. Rotational distortions are accounted for in the wave function using a Coriolis interaction in the rotating frame. The expectation value of the spin-orbit interaction gives values of the spin-rotation coupling that explain previous experimental results. For spin-exchange optical pumping, the results suggest that lighter alkali-metal atoms would be preferred spin-exchange partners, other factors being equal. © 1997 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2090
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2090
PACS:
32.80.Bx, 29.25.Pj, 87.59.Pw, 29.30.Lw
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