Published August 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Determination of radiative lifetimes in the 3snp 1P1 sequence of Mg I using time-resolved VUV laser spectroscopy

  • 1. Dept. of Physics, Lund Inst. of Tech. (Sweden)

Description

The radiative lifetimes of the states in the (n=5-8) snp 1P1 sequence of neutral magnesium were investigated using time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence. Excitation from the 3 s21S0 ground state was performed using VUV radiation, which was produced by resonant sum-difference frequency mixing in a krypton gas cell. We find τ(n=5): 54(3) ns, τ(n=6): 140(10) ns, τ(n=7): 290(20) ns, τ(n=8): 475(40) ns. These results were found to be in fair agreement with a Multi Configuration Hartree-Fock (MCHF) calculation. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Zeitschrift fuer Physik. D, Atoms, Molecules and Clusters
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 329-331.
ISSN
0178-7683
CODEN
ZDACE2