Table 1 Relative population of the final states down to the (n − 4)Hy manifold and fraction of molecular ions Rb\({}_{2}^{+}\). All values are normalized to the sum of the detected atomic and molecular ions. The missing population is distributed over lower-lying states.
nP | (n − 3)Hy | (n − 2)D | (n − 1)P | (n − 4)Hy | Rb\({}_{2}^{+}\) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27P | 89.7% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 0.01% | 0.4% | 3.6% |
25P | 92.1% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 2.6% |
22P | 74.2% | 4.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 8.2% |
20P | 69.2% | 3.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
