Abstract
The mean lifetimes τ of the 4p and levels have been measured to ≊0.3% precision using a variant of the collinear laser-beam–ion-beam spectroscopy technique. Like previously measured precision lifetimes of light alkali-metal-like systems, these data fall significantly higher than calculations by the most recent multiconfiguration Hartree-Fock and relativistic many-body perturbation theories. Discrepancies between experiment and theory for alkali-metal-like systems have implications for the interpretation of parity-violation research.
- Received 22 December 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3213
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