Accurate lifetimes and absolute transition rates for ultraviolet transitions from 3d5(4G) 4p and 3d5(4P) 4p levels in MN II

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作者
Kling, R [1 ]
Schnabel, R
Griesmann, U
机构
[1] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
[2] Univ Hannover, Inst Atom & Mol Phys, Abt Plasmaphys, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
[3] Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
atomic data; methods : laboratory; ultraviolet : general;
D O I
10.1086/320366
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
A recently developed, laser-induced fluorescence technique was used to measure the lifetimes of 14 3d(5)((4)G)4p and 3d(5)(P-4)4p levels in the Mn+ ion. Branching fractions for electric dipole transitions from these levels were measured with a vacuum ultraviolet Fourier transform spectrometer, using a hollow-cathode lamp and a Penning discharge source. Based on these new measurements, absolute electric dipole transition rates for about 170 spectral lines in the ultraviolet and vacuum ultraviolet were determined. The uncertainty of the transition rates is less than 5% for the strong transitions.
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