Abstract
We discuss the spontaneous decay in a system of cold identical two-level atoms when, due to the strong dipole–dipole interaction, the collision-induced spontaneous decay plays a leading role in the process. We show that the time profile of the spontaneous transition is essentially non-exponential. Also, we argue that at a low initial temperature of the atomic system the spontaneous decay is accompanied by strong heating caused by the inelastic atom–atom collisions. We show that the spontaneous emission spectrum is asymmetric. In addition, the width of the emission spectrum is a function of time. When atoms decay, the emission spectrum becomes broader. The spectrum’s asymmetry and the atomic system’s heating have the same physical origin: coming from the peculiarities of the atoms’ distribution function.
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