Highly charged ion X-rays from Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources
Atomic Physics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
Radiation from the highly-charged ions contained in the plasma of Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources constitutes a very bright source of X-rays. Because the ions have a relatively low kinetic energy ( eV) transitions can be very narrow, containing only small Doppler broadening. We describe preliminary accurate measurements of two and three-electron ions with Z=16--18. We show how these measurement can test sensitively many-body relativistic calculations or can be used as X-ray standards for precise measurements of X-ray transitions in exotic atoms.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0610264,
title = {Highly charged ion X-rays from Electron-Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources},
author = {Paul Indelicato and S. Boucard and D. S. Covita and D. Gotta and A. Gruber and A. Hirtl and H. Fuhrmann and E. -O. Le Bigot and S. Schlesser and J. M. F. Dos Santos and L. M. Simons and L. Stingelin and M. Trassinelli and J. Veloso and A. Wasser and J. Zmeskal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0610264},
year = {2009}
}