Journal article

Publication year: 1997

Pages: 4355-4358

Journal: Physical Review Letters

Volume number: 78

Issue number: 23

ISSN: 0031-9007

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4355

Publisher: American Physical Society

Abstract: 
The electric dipole intercombination decay of the 2s2p P-3(1)0 level in the Be-like ion C2+ has been optically observed with ions circulating in a heavy-ion storage ring. The measured transition probability of (102.94 +/- 0.14) s(-1), corresponding to a lifetime of (9.714 +/- 0.013) 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.

Harvard Citation style: Doerfert, J., Trabert, E., Wolf, A., Schwalm, D. and Uwira, O. (1997) Precision measurement of the electric dipole intercombination rate in C2+, Physical Review Letters, 78(23), pp. 4355-4358. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4355

APA Citation style: Doerfert, J., Trabert, E., Wolf, A., Schwalm, D., & Uwira, O. (1997). Precision measurement of the electric dipole intercombination rate in C2+. Physical Review Letters. 78(23), 4355-4358. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4355