New approach to lifetime measurements of the metastable2s12level in hydrogenlike ions: Application to the phosphorus ion
- 1 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 24 (3), 1633-1635
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.24.1633
Abstract
A simple and efficient method avoiding charge-state contamination problems is described to measure the lifetime of the metastable level in hydrogenlike ions. Applying the method to the phosphorus ion, we obtain the lifetime in good agreement with the theoretical prediction.
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