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Lifetime measurements for ground term transitions in TaII, WII, and ReII

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Author

  • M Henderson
  • RE Irving
  • R Matulioniene
  • LJ Curtis
  • DG Ellis
  • GM Wahlgren
  • Tomas Brage

Summary, in English

Lifetime measurements have been made for the radiation emitted in the ground term transitions of the nominal form 5s(2)5p(6)5d(x)6s-5s(2)5p(6)5d(x)6p in Ta II (x = 3), W II (x = 4), and Re II (x = 5). Supporting theoretical calculations have also been performed to characterize configuration interaction and to estimate the degree of decay branching of the upper levels. The lifetime measurements have been combined with these theoretical considerations and with branching fractions deduced from the emission measurements of Corliss & Bozman to specify the oscillator strengths of these transitions. The results are discussed in the context of spectroscopic data obtained from orbiting telescopes and applied to Hubble Space Telescope spectra to estimate the tungsten abundance in Sirius.

Publishing year

1999

Language

English

Pages

805-810

Publication/Series

Astrophysical Journal

Volume

520

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Astronomical Society

Topic

  • Physical Sciences

Keywords

  • ultraviolet : stars
  • stars : peculiar
  • Lupi)
  • chi
  • stars : individual (Sirius B
  • atomic data
  • stars : abundances

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0004-637X