Abstract: | ![]() Using the light absorption technique in a 132Xe afterglow plasma, we have measured the relative transition probabilities for several xenon lines which have the metastable 6s[]2 or the resonant 6s[]1 states as their lowest transition level. Because the transition probabilities of the 8819 Å (6p[]3 ? 6s[]2) and 8280 Å (6p[]0 ? 6s[]1) lines are relatively well known, we have chosen these as reference lines and have thus been able to determine the absolute values of the transition probabilities for 19 xenon lines corresponding to transitions from 6p, 6p′, 7p, 8p, 9p, 4f and 5f to 6s[]2, and for four lines corresponding to the transitions 6p?6s[]1. |