Combining experiments and relativistic theory for establishing accurate radiative quantities in atoms: the lifetime of the ${}^2$P${}_{3/2}$ state in ${}^{40}$Ca${}^{+}$

Ziv Meir, Mudit Sinhal, Marianna S. Safronova +1

We report a precise determination of the lifetime of the (4p)${}^2$P${}_{3/2}$ state of ${}^{40}$Ca${}^{+}$, ${\tau }_{{\text{P}}_{3/2}}=6.639(42)$ ns, using a combination of measurements of the i…