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Magnesium Ion (Mg+)

Trapped/laser cooled: 1978 by D. J. Wineland, R. E. Drullinger, and F. L. Walls at NBS/NIST in Boulder, CO, USA.
Reference: Phys. Rev. Lett. 40, 1639 (1978).

Basic information: Atomic/isotopic/spectroscopic information

(Some) groups currently using this ion:
      MPQ
      NIST

Atomic structure:

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