Abstract
All the previously unknown , and levels in all the stable members of the platinum-like isoelectronic sequence, and some and levels, have been identified. Several corrections are made to the literature on Au II, Hg III and Tl IV. The Pb V and Bi VI classifications verify Arvidsson's estimates of the stages of ionization for the individual lines. The levels were found only in consequence of Goble's predictions from his solution of the four-vector problem. The dependence of the energy and intensity values upon the atomic number is very smooth, except for a branching effect explained by Goble. New screening numbers and Houston parameters are given. Ionization potentials are estimated, by a comparison method, up to 87.9±0.7 volts for Bi VI. Analysis of the one (partly resolved) hyperfine structure pattern attributed to Bi VI yields a splitting factor .
- Received 24 April 1935
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.48.357
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