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Phys. Rev. A 55, 4196 - 4200 (1997)

Measurement of a magnetic-dipole transition probability in Xe32+using an electron-beam ion trap

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F. G. Serpa, C. A. Morgan, E. S. Meyer, and J. D. Gillaspy
Atomic Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-0001

E. Träbert
Experimentalphysik III, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany

D. A. Church
Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242

E. Takács
Experimental Physics Department, Kossuth University, Bem ter 18/a, Debrecen H-4026, Hungary
and Institute for Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciencies (ATOMKI), Bem ter 18/c, Debrecen, H-4026, Hungary

Received 21 January 1996

The transition probability for the 3d45D2←5D3 magnetic-dipole transition in Ti-like Xe (Xe32+) has been measured using an electron-beam ion trap. The unusually weak dependence of the transition energy on nuclear charge Z, and the fact that the transition wavelength remains in the 320- to 400-nm range for 54-1, corresponding to a lifetime of 2.15(14) ms, in good agreement with the theoretical value of 2.4 ms.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v55/p4196
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.4196
PACS: 32.30.Jc, 32.10.-f, 52.70.-m, 31.25.-v

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