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The role of the Pauli principle in metastability exchange collisions

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In optical pumping experiments, metastability exchange collisions are used to transfer orientation, alignment, ... between different atomic levels. This article studies the effect of such collisions on the atom internal variables density operator by a method used in a previous publication for spin exchange collisions. The calculations are valid when the nuclei of the two atoms are distinguishable as well as when they are identical particles, which allows a detailed discussion of nuclear identity effects (apparent magnetic field, etc...). Two cases are successively studied : no depolarization of the electronic angular momentum (He*-He collisions) and partial depolarization (Ne*-Ne collisions for example). The nuclear identity effects should be observable in low temperature optical pumping experiments with noble gases. In an Appendix, another particle identity effect is studied, which can be observed in atomic beam experiments : during the collision of two 3He atoms, both in the ground state, the spin state of the atoms scattered in a particular direction can be changed by nuclear indistinguishability effects.
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jpa-00209303 , version 1 (04-02-2008)

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M. Pinard, F. Laloë. The role of the Pauli principle in metastability exchange collisions. Journal de Physique, 1980, 41 (8), pp.799-818. ⟨10.1051/jphys:01980004108079900⟩. ⟨jpa-00209303⟩
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