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Polarizability of alkali atoms

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The scalar and tensor components of static polarizability of alkali atoms Na, K, and Rb were calculated. The results were compared with available theoretical and experimental data.

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Original Russian Text © D.A. Kondrat’ev, I.L. Beigman, L.A. Vainshtein, 2008, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2008, Vol. 35, No. 12, pp. 3–13.

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Kondrat’ev, D.A., Beigman, I.L. & Vainshtein, L.A. Polarizability of alkali atoms. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 35, 355–362 (2008). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335608120014

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