He-like argon, chlorine and sulfur spectra measurement from an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Trap

Abstract

We present a new measurement on X-ray spectroscopy of multicharged argon, chlorine and sulfur obtained with the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Trap installed at the Paul Scherrer Institut (Villigen, Switzerland). For this purpose, we used a crystal spectrometer with a spherically bent crystal having an energy resolution of about 0.4 eV. High intensity Kα X-ray spectra were obtained from ions with one 1s hole ranging from almost neutral to heliumlike charge states. In particular we observed the 1s2s 3S1 1s21S0 M1 and 1s2p 3P2 1s21S0 M2 transitions in He-like argon, chlorine and sulfur with unprecedented statistics and resolution. The preliminary analysis presented here describes a new technique to measure precisely energy differences between transitions using a Johann-type Bragg spectrometer. A recent characterization of the spectrometer will allow for a drastic reduction of the systematic errors. © 2007 IOP Publishing Ltd.