FIRST OBSERVATION OF LASER-INDUCED RESONANT ANNIHILATION IN METASTABLE ANTIPROTONIC HELIUM-ATOMS

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作者
MORITA, N
KUMAKURA, M
YAMAZAKI, T
WIDMANN, E
MASUDA, H
SUGAI, I
HAYANO, RS
MAAS, FE
TORII, HA
HARTMANN, FJ
DANIEL, H
VONEGIDY, T
KETZER, B
MULLER, W
SCHMID, W
HORVATH, D
EADES, J
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,INST NUCL STUDY,TANASHI,TOKYO 188,JAPAN
[2] UNIV TOKYO,DEPT PHYS,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
[3] TECH UNIV MUNICH,DEPT PHYS,D-85747 GARCHING,GERMANY
[4] CERN,CH-1211 GENEVA 23,SWITZERLAND
[5] KFKI,PARTICLE & NUCL PHYS RES INST,H-1525 BUDAPEST,HUNGARY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.1180
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have observed the first laser-induced resonant transitions in antiprotonic helium atoms. These occur between metastable states and Auger dominated short lived states, and show that the anomalous longevity of antiprotons previously observed in helium media results from the formation of high-n high-l atomic states of He--(p)+. The observed transition with vacuum wavelength 597.259 +/- 0.002 nm is tentatively assigned to (n, l) = (39, 35) --> (38, 34).
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页码:1180 / 1183
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