LASER PROBING OF IONS IN A STORAGE-RING - A METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DETERMINATION OF LIFETIMES OF METASTABLE STATES

Authors
MANNERVIK S BROSTROM L LIDBERG J NORLIN LO ROYEN P
Citation
S. Mannervik et al., LASER PROBING OF IONS IN A STORAGE-RING - A METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DETERMINATION OF LIFETIMES OF METASTABLE STATES, Hyperfine interactions, 108(1-3), 1997, pp. 291-304
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical","Physics, Nuclear","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Hyperfine interactions → ACNP
ISSN journal
03043843
Volume
108
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
291 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3843(1997)108:1-3<291:LPOIIA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A collinear laser probing technique is introduced for use in ion stora ge rings. This method can be used for high resolution studies of the d ecay properties of metastable states in ions. An experiment on singly charged xenon utilizing this technique is presented. By selective exci tation of individual hyperfine states a drastic hyperfine induced quen ching was observed. Systematic effects from ion beam neutralization in the rest gas and mixing effects occurring in the bending magnets are discussed.