2014/06/24 by R. Casini, Maurizio Degl'Innocenti, M. Landi Degl'Innocenti +4 · 40 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atom (system on chip) #Atomic physics #Magnetic field #Magnetism #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Photon #Physics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Redistribution (election) #Scattering #Term (time) #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0004-637x/791/2/94
published in The Astrophysical Journal 791(2), 94 (IOP Publishing) · ApJ, in press
arxiv created 2014/06/24 · openalex publication_date 2014/07/31 · arxiv updated 2014/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
We present a generalized frequency redistribution function for the polarized two-term atom in an arbitrary magnetic field. This result is derived within a new formulation of the quantum problem of coherent scattering of polarized radiation by atoms in the collisionless regime. The general theory, which is based on a diagrammatic treatment of the atom–photon interaction, is still a work in progress. However, the results anticipated here are relevant enough for the study of the magnetism of the solar chromosphere and of interest for astrophysics in general.