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Spectroscopy of francium

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.57443· OSTI ID:21207920
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800 (United States)
Francium is the least studied of the alkali atoms because it has no stable isotopes. We have performed precision spectroscopy on cold Fr atoms in a magneto optical trap. We have determined the location of the first two excited states of the S series by two-photon spectroscopy. We have measured the lifetimes of the 7p levels with a precision better than 0.5%. Our measurements test the many-body perturbation theory ab initio calculations of the dipole matrix element to very high accuracy in this relativistic alkali.
OSTI ID:
21207920
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 457; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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