Atoms (Feb 2025)

Visible Light Spectroscopy of W<sup>14+</sup> Ions in an Electron Beam Ion Trap

  • Ben Niu,
  • Zhaoying Chen,
  • Jihui Chen,
  • Yanting Li,
  • Fangshi Jia,
  • Bingli Li,
  • Zhencen He,
  • Jun Xiao,
  • Yaming Zou,
  • Ke Yao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms13020017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2
p. 17

Abstract

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In this work, the visible lines of W14+ ions in the wavelength range of 400–650 nm are investigated experimentally and theoretically. The experiments were performed in a low-energy electron beam ion trap. The simulated spectra of W14+ ions (Nd-like) were obtained from atomic structure computations in combination with a collisional–radiative model. Overall, there is a reasonable similarity between the measurements and the results of the simulations, and most of the twelve observed spectral lines associated with W14+ were tentatively identified.

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