July 8, 2009
Author(s)
John D. Gillaspy, Ilija Draganic, Yuri Ralchenko, Joseph Reader, Joseph N. Tan, Joshua M. Pomeroy, Samuel M. Brewer
We report a direct observation of the D line doublet of sodium-like ions with Z≥72. Spectra in the 1 nm to 9 nm spectral range are presented showing the widely split doublet for Hf61+, Ta62+, W63+,and Au68+. The ions were produced and confined in an