Abstract
Branching fractions were measured for electric-dipole transitions from the upper levels to the levels in neutral krypton atoms. The measurements were made with a wall-stabilized electric arc and a 2-m monochromator for the spectral lines in the visible, and with a hollow cathode lamp and the NIST 2-m Fourier-transform spectrometer for the lines in the near infrared. A semiempirical calculation, based on accurately known lifetimes for six upper levels, was used to calculate lifetimes for which accurate measurements do not exist. This resulted in a complete set of lifetimes for all levels. Branching fractions and lifetimes were used to calculate transition rates for the transitions. The relative uncertainties of the transition rates range from less than 1% for the strongest lines to about 10% for the weakest lines. Our data also reveal that most of the previous measurements appear to have been affected by opacity effects in the light sources.
- Received 20 January 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.62.022505
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