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Radiative lifetime of the A 2{\Pi}1/2 state in RaF with relevance to laser cooling
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Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, M.; Wilkins, S. G.; Lassègues, P.; Lalanne, L.; Reilly, J. R.; Ahmad, O.; Au, M.; Bai, S. W.; Berbalk, J.; Bernerd, C.; Borschevsky, A.; Breier, A. A.; Chrysalidis, K.; Cocolios, T. E.; de Groote, R. P.; Fajardo-Zambrano, C. M.; Flanagan, K. T.; Franchoo, S.; Ruiz, R. F. Garcia; Hanstorp, D.; Heinke, R.; Imgram, P.; Koszorús, A.; Kyuberis, A. A.; Lim, J.; Liu, Y. C.; Lynch, K. M.; McGlone, A.; Mei, W. C.; Neyens, G.; Nies, L.; Oleynichenko, A. V.; Raggio, A.; Rothe, S.; Skripnikov, L. V.; Smets, E.; Borne, B. van den; Warbinek, J.; Wessolek, J.; Yang, X. F.; Collaboration, the ISOLDE
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The radiative lifetime of the $A$ $^2 \Pi_{1/2}$ (v=0) state in radium monofluoride (RaF) is measured to be 35(1) ns. The lifetime of this state and the related decay rate $\Gamma = 2.86(8) \times 10^7$ $s^{-1}$ are of relevance to the laser cooling of RaF via the optically closed $A$ $^2 \Pi_{1/2} \leftarrow X$ $^2\Sigma_{1/2}$ transition, which makes the molecule a promising probe to search for new physics. RaF is found to have a comparable photon-scattering rate to homoelectronic laser-coolable molecules. Thanks to its highly diagonal Franck-Condon matrix, it is expected to scatter an order of magnitude more photons than other molecules when using just 3 cooling lasers, before it decays to a dark state. The lifetime measurement in RaF is benchmarked by measuring the lifetime of the $8P_{3/2}$ state in Fr to be 83(3) ns, in agreement with literature.
Comment: Accepted as a Letter in Physical Review A; 8 pages of main text, 5 pages of supplemental material
Comment: Accepted as a Letter in Physical Review A; 8 pages of main text, 5 pages of supplemental material