Method of Direct Detection and Investigation of Long-Lived Excited States of Singly and Multiply Charged Ions of Transition and Rare-Earth Metals
Sergey F. Belykh, А. Б. Толстогузов, Anatoly Bekkerman +1 more
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.
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters•Apr 1, 2019•1 citation