**Analysis of Nonadiabatic Rydberg Coupling** *Summer 2026 - Present* Imagine that you have a ball bouncing around in an inner cavity enclosed by an outer cavity. ![[Research 2026-09-30 17.39.20.excalidraw|200]] The ball decays out of the system when it travels through the inner cavity hole and eventually leaves the system to the left. We are interested in the "lifetime" of the ball while it remains inside the system. What system parameters most affect the lifetime of the ball? The speed of the ball, naturally. The faster it bounces around, the less time it will take to find its way through the inner hole and ultimately leave. The other parameter is the size of the hole. This effect may be unintuitive