EXPERIMENTAL N=3 LEVEL LIFETIMES OF NA-LIKE HEAVY-IONS IN THE REALM OF MASSIVE RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS

Authors
TRABERT E DOERFERT J GRANZOW J BUTTNER R STAUDE U SCHARTNER KH RYMUZA P MOKLER PH ENGSTROM L HUTTON R
Citation
E. Trabert et al., EXPERIMENTAL N=3 LEVEL LIFETIMES OF NA-LIKE HEAVY-IONS IN THE REALM OF MASSIVE RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS, Physics letters. A, 188(4-6), 1994, pp. 355-360
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
188
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
355 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1994)188:4-6<355:ENLLON>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The lifetimes of the 3p 2P(o) resonance levels and of the 3d 2D levels in Na-like ions Xe43+ (Z=54) and Au68+ (Z=79) have been measured by t ime-resolved spectroscopy of foil-excited ion beams. This represents a major step beyond the previous data which reached only up to Z = 29, into the range with massive relativistic effects. The results corrobor ate the lifetimes predicted by very recent calculations of the atomic structure which also reproduce the experimental transition wavelengths .