A new method for precision measurements of atomic lifetimes by laser excitation of fast beams is described which is expected to allow accuracies of AT/T = 10" 3 . A first application to Ba + -6 2 -P 3 / 2 yields as a preliminary result T = 6.21 ±0.06 nsec.
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