Lifetime measurements of Metastable States in Fe+
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Summary, in English
The lifetime of two metastable levels in Fe+ has been measured by laser probing of a stored ion beam. In the dense spectrum of Fe+, the metastable levels a 6S5/2 and b 4D7/2 were selected and their lifetimes were determined to be 230+/-30 and 530+/-30 ms, respectively. The lifetimes are compared with previous theoretical results. Metastable lifetime measurements of Fe+ are of great importance for interpretation of spectra from astronomical objects. The present experiment opens for the possibilities to investigate lifetimes of metastable states in complex atomic ions, which have, so far, been unexplored.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2001
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
1466-1466
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Physical Review Letters
Volym
86
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
American Physical Society
Ämne
- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Atomic Astrophysics
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1079-7114