Magnetic field induced transition rates in Ne- and Be-like ions for plasma diagnostics and E1M1 two-photon decay rate determination

Abstract

We report on theoretical results of magnetic field induced transitions (MITs) in Ne- and Be-like ions without nuclear spin for two applications. Firstly, MITs are promising candidates in the determination of magnetic fields in plasmas. In our work on Ne-like ions we present accurate theoretical MIT rates for 2p 6 1 S o - 2p 5 3s 3 P o,2 [1]. Furthermore, for Be-like ions, it has been proposed to extract the rate of the E1M1 two-photon transition 2s 2 1 S 0 -2s2p 3 P 0 by measuring the lifetime of the 3 P 0 state using a storage ring, which involves an external magnetic field. The MIT rates are carefully evaluated and shown to be of the same order as the E1M1 rates [2]. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.