STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES OF THE NEGATIVE CALCIUM-ION - BINDING-ENERGIES AND FINE-STRUCTURE SPLITTING

Authors
PETRUNIN VV ANDERSEN HH BALLING P ANDERSEN T
Citation
Vv. Petrunin et al., STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES OF THE NEGATIVE CALCIUM-ION - BINDING-ENERGIES AND FINE-STRUCTURE SPLITTING, Physical review letters, 76(5), 1996, pp. 744-747
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
744 - 747
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:5<744:SOTNC->2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The binding energies of the 4s(2)4p(2)P ground state in Ca- have been determined by means of state-selective photoionization of Ca atoms pro duced in s-wave photodetachment to be 24.55 +/- 0.10 meV for the J = 1 /2 and 19.73 +/- 0.10 meV for the J = 3/2 component. The sensitivity o f the detection technique applied has also made it possible to disprov e previous claims for the observation of a metastable 4s4p(24)P State in Ca-.