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View SchemaAccurate transition rates for the 5p - 5s transitions in Kr I
| Authors | Krzysztof Dzierzega, Udo Volz, Gillian Nave, Ulf Griesmann |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0005057 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0005057 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.022505 |
Abstract
Branching fractions were measured for electric dipole transitions from the 5p upper levels to the 5s levels in neutral krypton atoms. The measurements were made with a wall-stabilized electric arc and a 2m monochromator for the spectral lines in the visible, and with a hollow cathode lamp and the NIST 2m-Fourier transform spectrometer for the lines in the near infrared. A semi-empirical calculation, based on accurately known lifetimes for six upper levels, was used to calculate lifetimes for which accurate measurements do not exist. This resulted in a complete set of lifetimes for all 5p levels. Branching fractions and lifetimes were used to calculate transition rates for the 5p-5s transitions. The relative uncertainties of the transition rates range from less than 1% for the strongest lines to about 10% for the weakest lines. Our data also reveal that most of the previous measurements appear to have been affected by opacity effects in the light sources.
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"abstract": "Branching fractions were measured for electric dipole transitions from the 5p\nupper levels to the 5s levels in neutral krypton atoms. The measurements were\nmade with a wall-stabilized electric arc and a 2m monochromator for the\nspectral lines in the visible, and with a hollow cathode lamp and the NIST\n2m-Fourier transform spectrometer for the lines in the near infrared. A\nsemi-empirical calculation, based on accurately known lifetimes for six upper\nlevels, was used to calculate lifetimes for which accurate measurements do not\nexist. This resulted in a complete set of lifetimes for all 5p levels.\nBranching fractions and lifetimes were used to calculate transition rates for\nthe 5p-5s transitions. The relative uncertainties of the transition rates range\nfrom less than 1% for the strongest lines to about 10% for the weakest lines.\nOur data also reveal that most of the previous measurements appear to have been\naffected by opacity effects in the light sources.",
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.62.022505",
"title": "Accurate transition rates for the 5p - 5s transitions in Kr I",
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