Magnetic trapping of metastable ${}^3{P}_2$ atomic strontium

S. B. Nagel, C. E. Simien, S. Laha +3

We report the magnetic trapping of metastable ${}^3{P}_2$ atomic strontium. Atoms are cooled in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) operating on the dipole allowed ${}^1{S}_0{-}^1{P}_1$ transition at…