Large Contributions of Negative-Energy States to Forbidden Magnetic-Dipole Transition Amplitudes in Alkali-Metal Atoms
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The influence of negative-energy states (NES) on forbidden magnetic-dipole ns1 2 2 n 1 1 s1 2 transitions in alkali-metal atoms is investigated. We find that the NES contributions are significant in almost all cases and, for rubidium, reduce the transition rate by a factor of 8. We tabulate magnetic-dipole M1 transition amplitudes for the alkalis. Our M1 value for cesium, where accurate measurements are available, differs from experiment by 16%. We briefly discuss the feasibility of an experimental test of NES effects.
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