The optical decay of high l rydberg states in beam foil excited o7+

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Delayed optical radiation following beam foil excitation of Rydberg states in hydrogenic oxygen ions has been observed in the time range from 1.5 ns to 63 ns. The intensity of the n = 9 → 8 and n = 8 → 7 optical transitions (n is the principle quantum number) is found to be ten times smaller than for the delayed X-ray radiation (n = 2 → 1) measured in previous work. The results rule out initial populations of levels with only angular momentum l = n - 1 as well as populations of levels with only l = 0.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftPhysics Letters A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Jahrgang89
Ausgabenummer4
Seiten (von - bis)193-195
Anzahl der Seiten3
ISSN0375-9601
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 10.05.1982
Extern publiziertJa

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