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states and where it may de-excite to. For instance, the excited 3D (5/2) state of the Calcium ion has a lifetime τ of 1.2 seconds, while the lifetime of the 4P state is only about 7 ns (lifetime is proportional to how quickly it can be de-excited or decay.) Electric dipole transition v.s.