Atomic transition probabilities for Sn(I), Sn(II) and Cl(I) lines in the 5300–6850 Å wavelength range

Absolute transition probabilities for fifteen Sn(I) lines, nine Sn(II) lines and six Cl(I) lines have been measured in the spectral range 5400–6850 Å by using a wall-stabilized arc. The elements were introduced to the arc chamber as gas mixtures containing small amounts of SnCl₄ in argon. Plasma diagnostic was carried out by line-intensity measurements and by numerical solution of the equations for a perfect gas.Measured transition probabilities are compared with theoretical calculations and other experimental values. Discrepancies have been found to be greater than the experimental uncertainties. However, for two Sn(II) lines, agreement is satisfactory.     

Determination of transition probabilities for singly ionized vanadium

Transition probabilities of 211 spectral lines of VII, in the wavelength range 2340–4200 Å, have been determined by emission spectroscopy using a wall-stabilized arc as source. The lines studied belong to the transition arrays 3d⁴, 3d³4s-3d³4p (199 lines) and 3d³4p-3d³4d, 3d³5s (12 lines). Vanadium was introduced into the helium-arc discharge as the liquid VOCl₃. An important feature of this work is the determination of transition probabilities for many lines from a wide spectral range with a uniform absolute scale. The absolute A_ki values were obtained by normalizing relative A_ki values to an absolute scale set by ionic lifetime for the level y³H⁰₄. These results are compared with other experimental as well as theoretical results.     

Line intensities of C2H2 in the 7.7 μm spectral region

Absolute intensities of 414 lines are measured in eight bands of the 7.7 μm spectral region of the ¹²C₂H₂ molecule, with an average accuracy of 5%. Vibrational transition dipole moment squared values and empirical Herman–Wallis coefficients are obtained in order to model the rotational dependence of the transition dipole moment squared, except for some forbidden bands for which smoothed values are given. These data are used to calculate a line list for atmospheric or astrophysical applications.     

Absolute frequency measurement of CO2 laser lines with a femtosecond laser comb and new determination of the CO2 molecular constants and frequency grid

Absolute frequency measurements of a CO₂ laser stabilized on saturated absorption resonances of CO₂ laser lines are reported. They were performed using a femtosecond-laser frequency comb generator and two laser diodes at 852 and 782 nm as intermediate oscillators, with their frequency difference phase-locked to the CO₂ laser. Twenty ¹²C¹⁶O₂ laser lines in the P and R bands at 9 μm were measured with a relative uncertainty of a few 10⁻¹² limited by the CO₂ frequency reproducibility. A new determination of the CO₂ molecular constants was obtained from these data and previous measurements in the 10 μm band. The CO₂ frequency grid was also calculated, with an improvement of two orders of magnitude compared to the previous grid of Maki et al. [J. Mol. Spectrosc. 167 (1994) 211].     

Measurement of absolute line intensities in the ν5-ν4 band of C2H2 using SOLEIL synchrotron far infrared AILES beamline

Absolute intensities of about 120 lines of the ¹²C₂H₂ molecule are reported for the ν₄-ν₅ band between 65 and 192 cm^-1, with an average accuracy of 5%. Vibrational transition dipole moment squared values and empirical Herman-Wallis coefficients are obtained allowing modelling the rotational dependence of the transition dipole moment squared. Special care is taken to accurately determine an apparatus function for the Bruker IFS 125-HR coupled to the synchrotron SOLEIL far infrared AILES beamline in order to minimize its effects on the line parameter retrieval.     

Comment on the note of C. B. Shaw,Jr. on the statistical inference of four ARII transition probabilities

Absolute transition probabilities are given for four ArII lines investigated by Shaw. Good agreement was obtained with other data while we observe differences from Shaw's values.     

Determination of transition probabilities by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with curve-of-growth measurements

A method for the measurement of transition probabilities using laser-induced plasmas as spectroscopic sources is presented. To check its validity, the method is applied to 19 Ni II lines, most of them with known A_ki values. The method is based on the measurement of curves of growth using samples with varying concentrations of the element of interest (here, nickel-copper alloys with nickel contents in the range 0.11-27 at%). The plasma is characterized by a reduced set of parameters, obtained by usual techniques (Boltzmann plot and Stark shift) combined with the curve-of-growth methodology. The transition probabilities are determined by fitting experimental curves of growth to calculations based on the plasma parameters. The use of curves of growth allows eliminating the systematic error due to the self-absorption in the measurement of transition probabilities, and is applicable to intense as well as very weak lines.     

Absolute line strengths of phosphine gas near 5 μm

Absolute line strengths and line positions for over 200 vibration-rotation transitions of PH₃ gas were measured at 295 K, using a tunable-diode laser spectrometer. The spectral range covered was from 2153.697 to 2210.566 cm^?1. Line strength measurements were reproducible to better than 5% on average, and the uncertainty in line positions was less than 0.002 cm^?1. Certain of the PH₃ lines were pressure-broadened with H₂ gas, and the pressure-broadening coefficients were determined.     

Measurement of vacancy transfer probability from K to L shell using K-shell fluorescence yields

The vacancy transfer probabilities from K to L shell through radiative decay, η _KL, have been deduced for the elements in the range 19 ≤ Z ≤ 58 using K-shell fluorescence yields. The targets were irradiated with γ photons at 59.5 keV from a 75mCi ²⁴¹Am annular source. The K X-rays from different targets were detected with a high resolution Si(Li) detector. The measurement of vacancy transfer probabilities are least-squared fitted to second-order polynomials to obtain analytical relations that represent these probabilities as a function of atomic number. The obtained results agree with theoretical and fitted values.     

DasKLL- Auger-Spektrum von Chlor

TheKLL Auger spectrum of chlorine in CCl₄ has been investigated with an electrostatic energy analyzer. The ionization in theK shell of chlorine was caused by electron impact. Absolute energies and relative intensities of transitionsKL ₁ L ₁(¹ S,KL ₁ L _2,3(¹ P),KL ₁ L _2,3(³ P) andKL _2,3 L _2,3(¹ D) have been determined. Via the width of theK level of chlorine also experimental values of absolute transition probabilities have been calculated. While the relative intensities deviate strongly from theoretical values, the absolute transition probabilities agree better with theoretical values, especially with those calculated byRubenstein. — In an appendix the natural line widths of theKLL components of argon have been calculated theoretically.     

Determination of probabilities of vacancy transfer from K to L shell using K X-ray intensity ratios

K to L shell vacancy transfer probabilities (η_KL) for 26 elements in the atomic region 23≤Z≤57 were determined by measuring the I_Kβ/I_Kα intensity ratios. The targets were irradiated with γ-photons at 59.543 keV from ²⁴¹Am annular source. The K X-rays from different targets were detected with a high resolution Si(Li) detector. Theoretical values were calculated using the radiative and radiationless transition rates of these elements. The measured values of η_KL are compared with the theoretical values and data of others. The measurement vacancy transfer probabilities are least-square fitted to third-order polynomials to obtain analytical relations that represent these probabilities as a function of atomic number. The measured values of η_KL for V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se and Br are being reported here for the first time.     

Ammonia: Experimental absolute linestrengths and self-broadening parameters in the 1800- to 2100-cm−1 range

Absolute linestrengths were obtained for over 750 vibration-rotation transitions of ammonia in the 1800- to 2100-cm⁻¹ range, at various temperatures (293-170 K), using a high-resolution (0.0054 cm⁻¹) Fourier transform spectrometer. The precision of the measurements is about 10%. Lower state energy levels of the transitions were determined and used to extend the assignments in the 2ν₂(s → a) and ν₄ bands on the basis of the predictions by S. Urban, V. Spirko, D. Papousek, R. S. McDowell, A. F. Krupnov, J. Curtis, and K. Narahari Rao (J. Mol. Spectrosc. 79, 455–495 (1980)). In addition, self-broadening parameters (including temperature dependence) were determined for more than 350 lines.     

Transition probabilities of lines with origin in the 3d′(5/2)2, 3d′(5/2)3 and 3d′(3/2)1 levels of Ne(I).

Relative transition probabilities for twenty near-i.r. electric dipole lines and for three forbidden lines of Ne(I) with origin in the 3d′(5/2)₂, 3d′(5/2)₃ and 3d′(3/2)₁ levels have been measured. The calculated lifetime in jK coupling of the 3d′(5/2)₂ and 3d′(5/2)₃ levels was used to put on an absolute scale the transition probabilities of fourteen lines. The values of the present work are compared with theoretical calculations obtained by use of the Coulomb approximation and the intermediate-coupling scheme.     

Luminescence efficiency and nonradiative transitions in lanthanide formates

Absolute quantum yields and luminescence lifetimes were measured for Eu, Tb, Gd, formates and Y formate activated by Eu³⁺ as functions of temperature, deuterium substitution in ligands, and Eu³⁺ concentration in Y formates. Radiative and nonradiative transition probabilities in the lanthanide formates were determined using the quantum yield φ and luminescence lifetime τ. The probabilities of radiative transitions in Eu³⁺ were also found by employing corrected luminescence spectra. Relaxation mechanisms of electronic excitation energy in the studied crystals were discussed.     

Analysis of ν2 of H2S

The infrared absorption spectrum of ν₂ of H₂S in the region from 1000 to 1500 cm^?1 was obtained with a resolution limit of <0.05 cm^?1 on the University of Denver 50-cm FTIR spectrometer system. We have assigned 387 lines due to H₂³²S, 75 lines due to H₂³⁴S, and 15 lines due to H₂³³S, and have analyzed them using Typke's reduction of Watson's Hamiltonian. Slightly revised ground-state constants for the 32 isotope were obtained from a simultaneous fit of the microwave transitions observed by Helminger, Cook, and De Lucia, combined with weighted averaged ground-state combination differences formed from the infrared bands (010), (020), (100), (001), (110), (011), (210), and (111). The standard deviation for the fit was 0.0018 cm^?1 for the infrared data and 0.000032 cm^?1 for the microwave lines. Upper-state constants for the 32 isotope were obtained from a least-squares fit of the spectral lines of ν₂, keeping the ground-state constants fixed to the values determined by the combination difference fit. The standard deviation of the (010) line fit was 0.0017 cm^?1 for the 32 isotope. Ground-state and upper-state isotopic mass adjustment constants were determined in a simultaneous fit of lines of H₂³³S and H₂³⁴S, keeping the ground-state and upper-state constants for the 32 isotope fixed.     

Tunable diode laser measurements of absolute linestrengths in the HNO3 ν2 band near 5.8 μm

Absolute linestrengths of selected lines in the υ₂ band of HNO₃ have been measured using a tunable diode laser spectrometer operating in a sweep integration mode. The direct measurement technique has been employed to obtain line intensities at 296 K for 22 isolated lines in the 1720–1725 cm^-1 region. The reported linestrengths have estimated uncertainties of 4%, a significant portion of this uncertainty arising from spectral interference from hot band transitions. From these linestrength measurements, an integrated band intensity of 1375 cm^-2-atm^-1 at 296 K is inferred.     

Transition probabilities of some lines of Ne(I)

Relative transition probabilities for twenty-four spectral lines belonging to 3p-3d transition array of neutral neon have been determined by means of emission line-intensity measurements. The lifetime of the 3d(3/2)₂ level has been measured by the delayed coincidence method obtaining a value of 20.5±2.0 ns. With this lifetime value and taking into account the 3887.1 Å forbidden line, the transition probabilities of the lines with origin in the 3d(3/2)₂ level were put on an absolute scale. The experimental values of the present work are compared with theoretical calculations obtained by use of the Coulomb approximation and intermediate coupling scheme.     

Tunable diode laser measurements of linestrengths and line positions in the HNO3 v3 band near 1335 cm-1

Absolute linestrengths and line positions for selected lines in the HNO₃ v₃ band near 1335 cm^-1 have been measured using a tunable diode laser spectrometer. An iterative deconvolution procedure was utilized to facilitate the location of line positions, which are reported with an experimental uncertainty of <0.001 cm^-1. The uncertainty in the absolute linestrengths is estimated to be 3%.     

Electron Capture Probabilities in105Ag

TheK-electron capture probabilities for the 1/2^? → 3/2^? and 1/2^? → 1/2⁺ transitions in the decay of¹⁰⁵Ag were measured for the first time using the sum coincidence method. The experimental P_K values were estimated to be 0.824 ± 0.042 and 0.851 ±0.046 for the allowed and first-forbidden beta transitions, respectively in agreement with the theory. The P_L experimental values to these two levels were also computed using the experimental P_L/P_K values reported by earlier authors. These results are also found to be consistent with the theoretical P_L values.     

Measurements and calculations of self-broadening coefficients of lines belonging to the v2 band of H216O

The self-broadening coefficients of 150 lines belonging to the v₂ band of H₂¹⁶O between 1770 and 2250 cm^-1 have been measured using Fourier transform spectra (resolution ≈ 0.005 cm^-1). The four different methods which have been used to deduce the self-broadening coefficients from experiment are described in detail. The estimated average uncertainty is about 15% and varies from 7 to 30%, depending on the method used and on the line involved. Two theoretical calculations, one based on the Anderson-Tsao-Curnutte method and the other on the recent method proposed by Davies, have been performed, retaining only the dipole-dipole interaction. For some lines of the v₂ band and for some pure rotation lines, calculations based on other formalisms have also been performed. For all of these calculations, we have used accurate spectroscopic data: precise energy levels, realistic wavefunctions, and a complete dipole-moment operator expansion in order to compute the transition probabilities. As compared to the previously calculated values of the pioneering work of Benedict and Kaplan, where the Anderson-Tsao-Curnutte method was used, our calculations show improvements by about 14% in the agreement between measured and calculated self-broadening coefficients.