Measurement of the ratio of the scalar polarizability to the vector polarizability for the $6s^2{S}_{1/2}\to 7s^2{S}_{1/2}$ transition in cesium

Jonah A. Quirk, Carol E. Tanner, D. S. Elliott

We report measurements of the ratio of the scalar polarizability $\alpha$ to the vector polarizability $\beta$ for the $6s^2{S}_{1/2}\to 7s^2{S}_{1/2}$ transition in atomic cesium. T…