Quantum theory of recent observations on Rydberg atoms in low-Q cavities
G. P. Hildred, Ravinder Rupchand Puri, Saad S. M. Hassan, R. Bullough · Journal of Physics B Atomic and Molecular Physics · 1984
Recent experimental observations of the cooperative behaviour of sodium Rydberg atoms interacting with a thermal field in a low-Q cavity are accounted for quantum theoretically by using the driven Dicke model. Substantially changed observations in high-Q cavities are predicted.