On the importance of an M2 depopulating channel for a KrII metastable state

[en] An experimental investigation of the radiative lifetime of the metastable 4s(2)4p(4)(P-3)4d D-4(7/2) level in Kr II shows an unusual situation regarding the importance of an M2 depopulation channel. While the first order M1 and E2 channels are expected to contribute in a dominant way to the decay, the experimental result, obtained using a laser probing technique on a stored ion beam, tau=0.57+/-0.03 s, is far too short to be due to these channels according to our relativistic multiconfiguration Dirac-Fock calculation. Only if second order contributions to the decay branches (including essentially the M2 contribution) are taken into account in the calculations could the unexpected short lifetime be explained.

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Physics

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Biémont, Emile ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique nucléaire, atomique et spectroscopie

Derkatch, A.

Lundin, P.

Mannervik, S.

Norlin, L. O.

Rostohar, D.

Royen, P.

Palmeri, P.

Schef, P.

Language :

English

Title :

On the importance of an M2 depopulating channel for a KrII metastable state

Publication date :

06 August 2004

Journal title :

Physical Review Letters

ISSN :

0031-9007

eISSN :

1079-7114

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American Physical Soc, College Pk, United States - Maryland

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