Abstract
The cross sections for disorientation of 32P1/2 sodium atoms, induced in collisions with noble gas atoms, have been determined by following the depolarization of Na–D1 resonance fluorescence in relation to noble gas pressure. Sodium vapor at low density, mixed with a noble gas in a fluorescence cell, was irradiated with circularly polarized D1 resonance radiation and the resulting D1 resonance fluorescence, observed in an approximately backward direction, was analyzed with respect to circular polarization. The variation of the degree of polarization with gas pressure was interpreted on the basis of a 'J randomization' model for the collisions, and yielded the following disorientation cross sections which are appropriately corrected for effects due to nuclear spin. Na–He: 28.1 ± 4.0 Å2; Na–Ne: 27.8 ± 4.0 Å2; Na–Ar: 57.0 ± 8.0 Å2; Na–Kr: 78.0 ± 10 Å2; Na–Xe: 87.0 ± 13 Å2.
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