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Helium Tune-Out Wavelength: Gauge Invariance And Retardation Corrections, Gordon W. F. Drake, Jacob Gabriel Manalo, Pei-Pei Zhang, Kenneth George Herbert Baldwin

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The problem of calculating the tune-out wavelength for an atom interacting with a plane electromagnetic wave is formulated as a zero in the Rayleigh scattering cross section, rather than a zero in the dynamic polarizability. Retardation (finite wavelength) corrections are discussed in the velocity gauge, and possible gauge transformations to a length form are investigated. For the special case of S-states, it is shown that a pure length form exists for the leading p_xz retardation correction, even though one does not exist in general. The results of high-precision calculations in Hylleraas coordinates are presented for the tune-out wavelength of …