Extreme-ultraviolet wavelength and lifetime measurements in highly ionized krypton

We have studied the spectrum of highly ionized krypton in the extreme-ultraviolet wavelength region (50-300 A), using beam-foil excitation of fast krypton ions at the Argonne ATLAS accelerator facility. We report measurements of transition wavelengths and excited-state lifetimes for n = 2 states in the lithiumlike, berylliumlike, and boronlike ions, Kr 31+,32+,33+. Excited state lifetimes ranging from 10 ps to 3 ns were measured by acquiring time-of-flight-delayed spectra with a position-sensitive multichannel detector. © 2005 NRC Canada.