Hyperfeinstruktur-Untersuchungen im Rhenium-I-Spektrum

By optical means (i.e. hollow cathode, Fabry-Perot-interferometer and spectrograph) the hyperfine structure of 15 transitions in the Re-I spectrum was investigated. This permits to state the hfs coupling constantsA, B for 15 levels belonging to the configurations (5d ⁵) 6s ², (5d ⁵) 6s 6p, (5d ⁵) 6s 7s, (5d ⁶) 6s, (5d ⁶) 6p and (5d ⁴) 6s ² 6p. It was found that the (5d ⁵) 6s ^{2 6} S _5/2 ground state, too, shows a small hfs. Of its magnetic splitting both size and sign could be determined (A _0,185,187=?2,2±0,4 mK); for a possible quadrupole splitting upper limits were obtained. Estimates of the quadrupole moments resulted inQ _185,187?2,9b. — In the case of two levels (x ⁶ P _7/2 andy ⁶ F _11/2) the hfs analysis raises doubts as to their classification.