What to learn from metastable level lifetimes in highly charged ions
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Authors
- E. Träbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3949-0372)
Institutions
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Physics
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1139/cjp-2026-0263
- Primary Topic
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00