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NUMEROUS experimental methods have been devised for the measurement of the life-times of atomic states (for a general survey see Mitchell and Zemansky1). One method of particular interest is the total absorption method, which involves the integral of the absorption coefficient Kv over the whole absorption line and does not depend on a knowledge of the broadening processes responsible for the formation of the line. This method has been used2 for obtaining the life-time of the lithium resonance states and the oscillator strength corresponding to the transition (22S1/2 – 22P) λ 6708 A.
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STEPHENSON, G. Life-time of the Lithium Atomic Resonance States. Nature 167, 156 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167156a0
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