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Title: [ital M]1 decay of the 2 [sup 3][ital S][sub 1] state in heliumlike krypton

Journal Article · · Physical Review A; (United States)
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  1. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 (United States)
  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606 (United States)

We report a measurement of the lifetime of the 2 [sup 3][ital S][sub 1] state in two-electron krypton. The lifetime is found to be 171.0[plus minus]2.2 ps, which is in reasonable agreement with current theoretical calculations. This measurement provides a test of the order ([ital Z][alpha])[sup 2] relativistic corrections to this lifetime.

DOE Contract Number:
FG02-92ER14283; W-31-109-ENG-38; FG05-88ER13958
OSTI ID:
5091825
Journal Information:
Physical Review A; (United States), Vol. 49:4; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English