STRONG HYPERFINE INDUCED QUENCHING OF A METASTABLE STATE IN XE-BEAM( OBSERVED BY HYPERFINE SELECTIVE LASER PROBING OF A STORED ION)

Authors
MANNERVIK S BROSTROM L LIDBERG J NORLIN LO ROYEN P
Citation
S. Mannervik et al., STRONG HYPERFINE INDUCED QUENCHING OF A METASTABLE STATE IN XE-BEAM( OBSERVED BY HYPERFINE SELECTIVE LASER PROBING OF A STORED ION), Physical review letters, 76(20), 1996, pp. 3675-3678
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
20
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3675 - 3678
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:20<3675:SHIQOA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A hyperfine state selective laser probing technique is presented to be used for lifetime-determination of metastable states in an ion storag e ring. Evidence for a drastic difference between the decay rates of t he hyperfine states of the metastable level 5(d4)D(7/2) in Xe-129(+) h as been obtained by this method.