SEARCH FOR STABLE OR METASTABLE NEGATIVE YB IONS

Authors
ANDERSEN HH ANDERSEN T PEDERSEN UV
Citation
Hh. Andersen et al., SEARCH FOR STABLE OR METASTABLE NEGATIVE YB IONS, Journal of physics. B, Atomic molecular and optical physics, 31(10), 1998, pp. 2239-2245
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical",Optics
Journal title
Journal of physics. B, Atomic molecular and optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09534075
Volume
31
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2239 - 2245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-4075(1998)31:10<2239:SFSOMN>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The previously reported observation of stable negative nb ions has bee n reinvestigated. No evidence is found for the existence of such ions or for long-lived metastable Yb- ions. This conclusion is limited to Y b ions with binding energies larger than 3 meV.