Limits to the Precision of Atomic Lifetime Measurements
The mean lives of certain levels in atoms or not so highly charged ions have been measured with a precision on the order of 0.1%. This is better than most other atomic lifetime measurements, but is still much less precise than many measurements of other entities. Why is it that atomic level lifetime...
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| description | The mean lives of certain levels in atoms or not so highly charged ions have been measured with a precision on the order of 0.1%. This is better than most other atomic lifetime measurements, but is still much less precise than many measurements of other entities. Why is it that atomic level lifetime and transition rate measurements are not much more precise? |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ac1d8247a69f4ae2a613bb7b9de9702d2024-12-27T14:10:11ZengMDPI AGAtoms2218-20042024-12-0112127310.3390/atoms12120073Limits to the Precision of Atomic Lifetime MeasurementsElmar Träbert0Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, GermanyThe mean lives of certain levels in atoms or not so highly charged ions have been measured with a precision on the order of 0.1%. This is better than most other atomic lifetime measurements, but is still much less precise than many measurements of other entities. Why is it that atomic level lifetime and transition rate measurements are not much more precise?https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/12/12/73atomic spectralifetimeshighly charged ionsmetastability |
| spellingShingle | Elmar Träbert Limits to the Precision of Atomic Lifetime Measurements Atoms atomic spectra lifetimes highly charged ions metastability |
| title | Limits to the Precision of Atomic Lifetime Measurements |
| title_full | Limits to the Precision of Atomic Lifetime Measurements |
| title_fullStr | Limits to the Precision of Atomic Lifetime Measurements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Limits to the Precision of Atomic Lifetime Measurements |
| title_short | Limits to the Precision of Atomic Lifetime Measurements |
| title_sort | limits to the precision of atomic lifetime measurements |
| topic | atomic spectra lifetimes highly charged ions metastability |
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