Abstract:We report on the selective production of the 2s metastable state of 390-MeV u−1 H-like Ar17+ ions by the resonant coherent excitation (RCE). The RCE to the 2s state was achieved by using Stark mixing of n = 2 states under planar channeling conditions in a 1-
m thick Si crystal. The population of the 2s state was quantitatively estimated from the ionization probability in a stripper foil installed 50 mm downstream of the crystal. The 2s population was found to be 0.05 of the total number of Ar17+ ions at the st… Show more
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