Strong Hyperfine Induced Quenching of a Metastable State in <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>Xe</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> Observed by Hyperfine Selective Laser Probing of a Stored Ion Beam

Sven Mannervik; Lars Broström; Johan Lidberg; Lars-Olov Norlin; Peder Royen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3675

Strong Hyperfine Induced Quenching of a Metastable State in ${Xe}^{+}$ Observed by Hyperfine Selective Laser Probing of a Stored Ion Beam

Sven Mannervik, Lars Broström, Johan Lidberg, Lars-Olov Norlin, and Peder Royen

Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3675 – Published 13 May 1996

Abstract

A hyperfine state selective laser probing technique is presented to be used for lifetime determination of metastable states in an ion storage ring. Evidence for a drastic difference between the decay rates of the hyperfine states of the metastable level $5 d^{4} D_{7 / 2}$ in $^{129} {Xe}^{+}$ has been obtained by this method.

Received 28 December 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3675

Authors & Affiliations

Sven Mannervik¹, Lars Broström¹, Johan Lidberg¹, Lars-Olov Norlin², and Peder Royen³

¹Atomic Physics, Stockholm University, Frescativägen 24, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
²Physics Department in Frescati, Royal Institute of Technology, Frescativägen 24, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
³Physics Department, Stockholm University, Vanadisvägen 9, S-113 46 Stockholm, Sweden