https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2010-10485-3
Extension of the sum rule for the transition rates between multiplets to the multiphoton case
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V. A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Petrodvorets, Oulianovskaya 1, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, 188300 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstrasse 13, 01062 Dresden, Germany
Corresponding author: a solovyev.d@gmail.com
Received:
1
September
2010
Revised:
11
November
2010
Published online:
17
December
2010
The sum rule for the transition rates between the components of two multiplets, known for the one-photon transitions, is extended to the multiphoton transitions in hydrogen and hydrogen-like ions. As an example the transitions 3p–2p, 4p–3p and 4d–3d are considered. The numerical results are compared with previous calculations.
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2010
