Precision measurement of the metastable 3P2 lifetime of neon

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Zinner, Martin ^a   Spoden, Peter ^a   Kraemer, Tobias ^a   Birkl, Gerhard ^a   Ertmer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER BEAMS; PRESSURE; PRESSURE GAGES; TEMPERATURE;

DECAY RATE; GAS PRESSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP; MULTICHANNEL PLATE ION DETECTOR; VACUUM CHAMBER;

NEON;

EID: 0037240893     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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