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Radiative lifetime and oscillator strength determinations in Sm III

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Summary, in English

Radiative lifetimes of 6 levels belonging to the4f<SUP>5</SUP>(<SUP>6</SUP>H<SUP>deg</SUP>,<SUP>6</SUP>F<SUP>deg</SUP>)5d configuration of Sm III have beenmeasured for the first time using a time-resolved laser-inducedfluorescence technique. Experimental data have been compared withsemi-empirical calculations. The agreement is excellent for 4 levelswith <SUP>6</SUP>F<SUP>deg</SUP> as a parent term. Larger discrepancies(53 and 37) are observed for 2 levels with <SUP>6</SUP>H<SUP>deg</SUP>and <SUP>6</SUP>F<SUP>deg</SUP>, respectively, as a parent term and areexplainable by strong mixing and cancellation effects occurring in theline strength calculations which are responsible of instabilitiesoccurring in the lifetimes considered as a function of J value withinthe term. Branching ratios for the lines depopulating the levels ofinterest have been measured by Fourier transform spectroscopy. A firstset of oscillator strengths has been deduced for this ion.

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

343-349

Publication/Series

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Volume

399

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

EDP Sciences

Topic

  • Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Keywords

  • atomic processes
  • atomic data
  • stars: chemically peculiar

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0004-6361