@article{3e4168500c5d11df825d000ea68e967b,
title = "Measurement of the spin-forbidden decay rate (3s3d)1D2¿(3s3p)3 P2,1 in 24Mg",
abstract = "We have measured the spin-forbidden decay rate from (3s3d)D12¿(3s3p)P32,1 in M24g atoms trapped in a magneto-optical trap. The total decay rate, summing up both exit channels (3s3p)P31 and (3s3p)P32 , yields 196±10s-1 in excellent agreement with resent relativistic many-body calculations of Porsev [Phys. Rev. A 64, 012508 (2001)]. The characterization of this decay channel is important as it may limit the performance of quantum optics experiments carried out with this ladder system as well as two-photon cooling experiments currently explored in several groups.",
keywords = "Faculty of Science, Oscillator strengths, lifetimes, transition moments",
author = "Therkildsen, {K. T.} and Jensen, {Brian Bak} and Ryder, {C. P.} and N. Malossi and Thomsen, {Jan Westenk{\ae}r}",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevA.79.034501",
language = "English",
volume = "79",
pages = "034501",
journal = "Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)",
issn = "2469-9926",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "3",
}