Abstract

We have employed a laser resonance method to study the interactions of individual states of metastable antiprotonic atomcules p He + with surrounding H 2 molecules. We have found that the lifetimes of the ( n, 1) = (37,34) and (39,35) states are shortened by small admixtures of H 2 molecules in quite different ways; the observed quenching cross section for the upper (39,35) state in helium medium at 1 bar and 30 K is (2.4 ± 1.0) × 10 −15 cm 2, a factor of 24 larger than that for the lower (37,34) state.

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