Two-Photon Decay of the Singlet and Triplet Metastable States of Helium-like Ions

G. W. F. Drake; G. A. Victor; A. Dalgarno

doi:10.1103/PhysRev.180.25

Two-Photon Decay of the Singlet and Triplet Metastable States of Helium-like Ions

G. W. F. Drake, G. A. Victor, and A. Dalgarno

Phys. Rev. 180, 25 – Published 5 April 1969

Abstract

The two-photon decay rates and photon energy distributions of the metastable $2 {}^{1}S$ and $2 {}^{3}S$ states of the helium isoelectronic sequence are calculated by variational procedures for the ions He i through Ne ix.

Received 8 November 1968

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.180.25

Authors & Affiliations

G. W. F. Drake^*

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

G. A. Victor

Technology Division, GCA Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts

A. Dalgarno

Harvard College Observatory and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

^*National Academy of Science Postdoctoral Fellow.

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Vol. 180, Iss. 1 — April 1969

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