Resolving a discrepancy between experimental and theoretical lifetimes in atomic negative ions

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作者
Brage, Tomas [1 ]
Grumer, Jon [1 ]
机构
[1] Lund Univ, Div Math Phys, Dept Phys, Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden
基金
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
atomic structure; negative ions; lifetimes; bound states; forbidden transitions; FINE-STRUCTURE; TRANSITIONS;
D O I
10.1088/1361-6455/50/2/025001
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A recent measurement of the lifetime of the excited 3p(5) P-2(1/2) state in the S- negative ion, which is dominated by a forbidden magnetic dipole transition to the P-2(3/2) ground state, reveals a discrepancy with earlier theoretical predictions. To investigate this we have performed systematic and large-scale multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock calculations for this system. After including a careful treatment of correlation and relativistic effects, we predict a well-converged value for this lifetime, with an uncertainty considerably less than 1%, thereby removing the apparent conflict between theory and experiment. We also show that this result corresponds to the non-relativistic limit in the LS coupling approximation for the magnetic dipole transition within this P-2 term. In addition we demonstrate the usefulness of the latter approach for P-2 transitions in O-, Se- and Te-, as well as for analogous M1 transitions within D-2 terms in Ni- and Pt- ions.
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