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The Hanle effect has played a major role in the development of atomic physics and, more generally, of quantum mechanics. As we shall see later in this section, it contributed much to the replacement of the old quantum theory, which was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation of the effect. Moreover, for decades the Hanle effect together with level crossing, which is its extension to nonzero fields, has been the only available Doppler-free spectroscopic technique. Besides its historical relevance, the Hanle effect is still very often the most accurate, if not the only, experimental technique for determining lifetimes of excited states. In fact, owing to their inherent simplicity, these experiments are affected by extremely few sources of error.
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Moruzzi, G. (1991). The Hanle Effect and Level-Crossing Spectroscopy—An Introduction. In: Moruzzi, G., Strumia, F. (eds) The Hanle Effect and Level-Crossing Spectroscopy. Physics of Atoms and Molecules. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3826-4_1
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