Transition probabilities of neon atom in a constant electric field

The probability of 5s-3d, 5s-3p, 5p-3s, 5d-3s, 4d-3p, and 4f-3p transitions of Ne I in an electric field is calculated. It is shown that the probability of the permitted transitions 5s-3p and 5p-3s is unchanged with increase in the field from 0 to 50 kV/cm, while the probability of the forbidden transitions 5s-3d and 5d-3s is very small. In the given range of field strengths, the probability of permitted 4d-3p transitions markedly falls and intense forbidden 4f-3p transitions appear. Of the configurations considered, the electric field has most effect on those with2.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 67–70, March, 1979.