Abstract:
A method has been proposed for the direct detection and study of long-lived excited states of singly and multiply charged ions of transition and rare earth metals. It allows both the measurement of the photon spectra from the decay of long-lived states of ions with a given charge, as well as the lifetimes of such states, and the investigation of the influence of an electric field on the characteristics of long-lived states. The fast electric-field-induced decay of long-lived states has been found for the first time.
Citation:
S. F. Belykh, A. B. Tolstoguzov, A. D. Bekkerman, T. V. Bogdanova, “Method of direct detection and investigation of long-lived excited states of singly and multiply charged ions of transition and rare-earth metals”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 109:8 (2019), 511–515; JETP Letters, 109:8 (2019), 502–506