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LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

On relaxation times

V. L. Vaks^a, V. V. Mityugov<sup>b

a</sup> Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Novgorod
^b Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod

Abstract: The physical background of the relation T₂ = 2T₁ between the transverse and longitudinal relaxation times in atomic and molecular spectroscopy is discussed.

PACS: 02.90.+p, 32.70.-n, 33.70.-w, 42.50.Ct

Received: August 18, 1998

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0169.199910j.1163

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1999, 42:10, 1065–1066

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