Published July 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Selective population of the [1s2s] 1S0 and [1s2s] 3S1 states of He-like uranium

  • 1. The Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, 05-400 Swierk (Poland)
  • 2. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 3. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Universitaet Frankfurt (Germany)
  • 4. Institute of Physics, Swietokrzyska Academy, Kielce (Poland)
  • 5. Department of Physics, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou (China)
  • 6. Universitaet Kassel (Germany)
  • 7. Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Swierk (Poland)
  • 8. Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland)

Description

The formation of the [1s2s] S states in heliumlike uranium (U90+) has been studied in relativistic collisions of initially lithiumlike uranium (U89+) ions with N2 target molecules. By measuring projectile x-ray emission in coincidence with projectile ionization, a strong selectivity for the formation of the [1s2s] S states in heliumlike uranium is observed. This selectivity is found to be unaffected by the subsequent rearrangement of the atomic orbitals involved. By measuring the photon emission associated with the decay of the [1s2s] 1S0 and the [1s2s] 3S1 substates, we obtain for their relative population probabilities a ratio of close to 1. This finding deviates considerably from the assumption of a statistical distribution 2J+1

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 012511-012511.7
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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