Abstract
We report the respective electronic energies [-5.658 ± 0.024 and -6.369 ± 0.033 keV] and electron emission lifetimes [0.91 ±0.04 and 0.66 ±0.04 nsec] of the longest-lived autoionizing quartet states of lithiumlike and ions, firmly establishing the energy and lifetime scaling with . We discuss observable relativistic corrections to non-relativistic variational energy calculations. Production of metastable states belonging to lower charge states is discussed, and it is concluded that many excited heavy ions should exhibit them.
- Received 20 March 1972
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.28.1229
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