High-Resolution Study of Fluorine Metastable X-Ray Emitters

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7 May 1973

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 30 (19) , 888-891
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.30.888

Abstract

A crystal spectrometer is used to study foil-excited fluorine beam x rays. The transitions from

2 {}^{1}P

and

2 {}^{3}P

to

1 {}^{1}S_{0}

He-like fluorine states and the transitions from

{}^{2}P^{\circ} (1)

and

{}^{4}P^{\circ} (1)

to

1 {}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}

Li-like fluorine states are observed. Lifetimes of 0.537 ± 0.02 and 2.000 ± 0.025 nsec are measured and identified with the

2 {}^{3}P_{1}

and either the

2 {}^{4}{P_{\frac{3}{2}}}^{\circ} (1)

or

2 {}^{4}{P_{\frac{1}{2}}}^{\circ} (1)

decays, respectively.

Keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION

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