Precision Measurement of the Electric Dipole Intercombination Rate in
- 9 June 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 78 (23) , 4355-4358
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.78.4355
Abstract
The electric dipole intercombination decay of the level in the Be-like ion has been optically observed with ions circulating in a heavy-ion storage ring. The measured transition probability of , corresponding to a lifetime of ms, is in good agreement with recent theoretical calculations. This precision measurement thus resolves the long-standing discrepancy of data from a radiofrequency ion trap experiment with theoretical predictions.
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