Relativistic empirical specification of transition probabilities from measured lifetime and energy level data

Summary, in English

A relativistic extension is made of methods by which intermediate coupling amplitudes are deduced from measured energy levels and combined with measured lifetimes to obtain transition probabilities within a multiplet between two pure configurations. A procedure for incorporating the relativistic j-dependence of the radial transition integral into the empirical data reduction is presented and applied to the isoelectronic formulation of the 2s(2)-2s2p transitions in the Be sequence and the 6s(2)6p(2)-6s(2)6p7s transitions in the Pb sequence.

• Author: LJ Curtis; DG Ellis; R Matulioniene; Tomas Brage
• Department/s: Department of Physics
• Publishing year: 1997
• Language: English
• Pages: 240-244
• Publication/Series: Physica Scripta. Topical Issues
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 3
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/56/3/003
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0281-1847