Surface ionization of metastable calcium atoms

We report on an experimental study of surface ionization of metastable calcium atoms on a hot polycrystalline tungsten surface in vacuum. We implemented a hollow-cathode discharge to excite a fraction of calcium atoms in an atomic beam to metastable states and collected the resulting calcium ions. W...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: I. Bucay, A. Helal, M. G. Raizen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2021-01-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0005895