Anomalously enhanced lifetimes of low angular momentum Rydberg states in singly charged alkaline-earth metal ions

arXiv:2609.24874 · physics.atom-ph, quant-ph · Submitted 2026-09-21 · Read on arXiv

physics.atom-ph, quant-ph

Submitted: 2026-09-21

Updated: 2026-09-29

Code: https://github.com/simon-euchner/AlkCalc

Terminology

• Benchmark — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• End Matter — 4× in this paper
• Supplemental Material — 4× in this paper
• Adam — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Entanglement — 2× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Scaling Laws — 2× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Fidelity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Probing electronic state-dependent conformational changes in a trapped Rydberg ion Wigner crystal
• Magic trapping of a Rydberg ion with a diminished static polarizability
• Non-equilibrium exciton dynamics in tailored molecular potentials of Rydberg ion crystals
• Cooper minima in the transitions from low-excited and Rydberg states of alkali-metal atoms
• Quantum simulation with Rydberg ions in a Penning trap

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