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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Digital Library Collections This is a PDF of a folder from our textual collections. Collection: Matlock, Jack F, Jr: Files Folder Title: Treaties & Agreements - USSR (12) Box: 38 To see more digitized collections visit: https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digitized-textual-material To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit: https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/white-house-inventories Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected] Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/research- support/citation-guide National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ WITHDRAWAL SHEET Ronald Reagan Library Collection Name MATLOCK, JACK: FILES Withdrawer JET 5/27/2005 File Folder USSR-TREATIES/AGREEMENT 12/24 [COOPERATION FOIA BETWEEN US NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS F06-114/11 AND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE USSR] Box Number 38 YARHI-MILO 3802 ID Doc Type Document Description No of Doc Date Restrictions Doggo 12279 MEMO KIMMITT TO HILL RE RENEWAL OF THE 1 1/26/1984 B1 MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE US NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AND THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE USSR R 4/14/2011 F2006-114/11 12280 MEMO MATLOCK TO MCFARLANE RE RENEWAL 1 1/23/1984 B1 OF MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN NBS AND USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES R 4/14/2011 F2006-114/11 12282 MEMO HILL TO MCFARLANE RE RENEWAL OF 3 1/5/1984 B1 MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE US NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE USSR R 4/14/2011 F2006-114/11 12283 REPORT EUR/IG REPORT ON THE EXTENSION OF 3 ND B1 THE MEMORADUM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE US NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AND THE USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES R 4/14/2011 F2006-114/11 12281 MEMO BRADY TO MORTON RE NATIONAL 5 11/16/1983 B1 BUREAU OF STANDARDS AND USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES R 4/14/2011 F2006-114/11 Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] B-1 National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] B-2 Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] B-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] B-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial Information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] B-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted Invasion of personel privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] B-7 Release would disclose Information complied for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] B-8 Release would disclose Information concerning the regulation of financial Institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] B-9 Release would disclose geological or geophysical Information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] C. Closed In accordance with restrictions contained In donor's deed of gift. 0111 12279 I NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506 January 26, 1984 CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM FOR MR. CHARLES HILL Executive Secretary Department of State SUBJECT: Renewal of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the US National Bureau of Standards and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (C) The recommendation that we propose to the Soviets the extension of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the U.S. National Bureau of Standards and the USSR Academy of Sciences for five years has been approved. (C) Robert M. 1(mmtt Robert M. Kimmitt Executive Secretary DECLASSIFIED CONF IDENTIAL Declassify on: OADR NLRRF06-114/11*12279 BY KML NARA DATE 5/2/11 954 NSC/5- IhodwHs.,R uncil LDX to C Hill e System # I They Package # 0111 KMS S SEEN DISPOSITION Bil FM Bob Kimmitt K John Poindexter 4 of Wilma Hall 5 1 6 Bud McFarlane m A Bob Kimmitt NSC Secretariat 7 D/CDX Situation Room Rosie 3 alone Connection TabIT I = Information A = Action R = Retain D = Dispatch N N- - No Further cc: VP Meese Baker Deaver Other COMMENTS Should be seen by: (Date/Time) 12280 3 0111 MEMORANDUM NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CONFIDENTIAL January 23, 1984 ACTION MEMORANDUM FOR ROBERT C. MCFARLANE FROM: JACK MATLOCK Agm SUBJECT: Renewal of Memorandum of Cooperation Between NBS and USSR Academy of Sciences The 1978 Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) and the USSR Academy of Sciences was to have expired on December 12, 1983, unless it was modified or extended by mutual agreement. Although a cleared interagency position was not forwarded to us before the expiration date, informal soundings with the Soviets have indicated that they will agree to extend the memorandum, despite its formal expiration, if we wish to do so. NBS recommends that it be extended for a five-year period and State concurs (Tab I). The intelligence community and OSTP believe that the agreement poses no risk of technology loss under the conditions by which it is currently managed. Each project is subject to interagency review from the standpoint of technology transfer before it is approved. Since renewal of the agreement is consistent with NSDD-75 and supports our policy of maintaining a broad dialogue with the Soviets, USE Y recommend that a five-year extension be approved. JL Don Fortier and John Lenczowski concur. RECOMMENDATION: That you approve the Kimmitt to Hill Memorandum at Tab II which authorizes renewal of the NBS-USSR Academy Memorandum of Cooperation for five years. Approve Km Disapprove Attachments: Tab I Memorandum from State Tab II Memorandum to State CONFIDENTIAL DECLASSIFIED Declassify on: OADR NLRRF06-114/11 #17280 BY KML NARA DATE 5/2/11 0111 4 8400172 United States Department of State 12282 Washington, D.C. 20520 January 5, 1984 CONF IDENTIA MEMORANDUM FOR MR. ROBERT C. MCFARLANE THE WHITE HOUSE SUBJECT: Renewal of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the US National Bureau of Standards and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR The 1978 Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Bureau of Standards and the Soviet Academy of Sciences effectively will have expired on December 12, 1983, unless it is modified or extended by mutual agreement of the two Sides (the Bureau and the Academy) with the concurrence of the Executive Agencies (the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the USSR State Committee for Science and Technology, as designated under the US-USSR Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology). BACKGROUND Official science and technology exchanges with the Soviet Union have been cut back substantially on two occasions -- in 1980 in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and in December 1981 when, as part of the sanctions taken against the USSR for its actions in Poland, the President announced that three agreements (space, energy, and science and technology) would be allowed to lapse in 1982. Even though the NBS-Soviet Academy Memorandum referred to the Science and Technology (S&T) Agreement, the Department of State determined that, per the provisions of Article VIII of the S&T Agreement, the validity of the NBS-ASUSSR Memorandum was not effected by the termination of the S&T Agreement. Therefore, requests to continue activities were reviewed on a case-by-case basis through the interagency mechanism that the U.S. Government had established. A number of activities have been approved on the basis that NBS acquisition of information under the program was considered beneficial to American interests. Since the expiration of the S&T Agreement in July 1982, consistent with our policy (made explicit in NSDD-75) not to dismantle further the framework of exchanges, the U.S. Government decided to renew bilateral agreements in agriculture (1982) and atomic energy (1983) and was negotiating the renewal of the Transportation Agreement when the KAL incident brought these discussions to an end. DECLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL DECL: OADR NLRR F06-114/11 #12282 BY KML NARA DATE 5/2/11 CONFIDENTIAL -2- It is the assessment of the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) that the Memorandum with the Soviet Academy has resulted in tangible benefits to the United States and should be extended. Based on the present system of review of all Soviet applicants for cooperative research at NBS, the intelligence community and the Office of Science and Technology Policy believe that this bilateral agreement does not pose a risk of technology loss under the conditions by which it is currently managed. STATE'S VIEWS The Department concurs in the assessment by the National Bureau of Standards that the Memorandum should be extended for another five-year period without modification of the operative language of the agreement. Compared with the level of activities under the bilateral agreements in atomic energy, environment, and health and artificial heart research, the NBS program is fairly small in scope and funding. Given the controls which are currently exercised over the US-Soviet S&T exchanges, we consider that technology transfer concerns have been and will continue to be adequately addressed through existing procedures. All activities are subject to a case-by-case review to minimize possible technology loss. State notes that in proposing the extension of the Memorandum, the USG is softening, in a sense, the practical consequences of allowing the expiration in 1982 of the S&T Agreement and that this could be incorrectly interpreted by the Soviets to mean that we do not have a firm policy in regard to scientific exchanges. However, in the case of the NBS Memorandum, State is of the opinion that the scientific and intelligence benefits to the United States of continuing the activities under the Memorandum outweigh any possible Soviet misreadings of our intentions. The renewal of the Memorandum is in line with the policy formally enunciated in NSDD-75 in January 1983. On political grounds, consistent with this policy that the "U.S. should not further dismantle the framework of exchanges," it would be in the U.S. interest to extend the NBS-Soviet Academy Memorandum. CONFIDENTIAL 6 CONFIDENTIAL -3- In terms of our overall relationship with the Soviet Union, an extension of the Memorandum would provide us some flexibility to adjust the tightening or relaxing of our exchanges policy to future shifts in the political situation. We follow this approach under other agreements where we are continuing with certain routine exchanges, particularly in areas relating to health, pollution control, and housing construction. For their part, the Soviets have indicated at senior levels a clear interest in extending the Memorandum. Early this year, Academy Vice President Velikhov suggested that the Academy would be interested in an extension if NBS were. As in our other S&T exchange programs, the activities conducted pursuant to the Memorandum afford our visiting American specialists with opportunities not otherwise available to gain access to Soviet scientists and facilties and to keep abreast of Soviet developments and efforts in basic research. This is of clear benefit scientifically to the United States. The framework of the Memorandum also provides opportunities for our visiting researchers to engage in informal dialogue with their Soviet colleagues on U.S. positions on a wide range of topics, paramount among them the American displeasure at the continuing repression of many Soviet scientists. STATE'S RECOMMENDATION State recommends that we propose to the Soviets that the Memorandum be extended for a five-year period. Bincking Hill Executive Secretary Attachments: 1. EUR/IG Report on the Extension of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the US National Bureau of Standards and the USSR Academy of Sciences 2. NBS Evaluation 3. Memorandum of Cooperation between the US National Bureau of Standards and the USSR Academy of Sciences CONF IDENTIAL DECLASSIFIED 12283 1 NLRR #12283 BY KML NARA DATE 5/2/11 EUR/IG REPORT ON THE EXTENSION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE US NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AND THE USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The 1978 Memorandum of Cooperation between the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) and the Soviet Academy of Sciences will expire automatically on December 12, 1983. A new agreement extending or amending the current agreement will be required if we are to continue cooperation in this area. The Memorandum was signed at Moscow by NBS Director Ernest Ambler and Academy Vice President Ye. P. Velikhov on December 13, 1978, with a period of validity of five years. The Memorandum has the status of an implementing arrangement under the US-USSR Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology (S&T), signed on May 24, 1972. The umbrella S&T Agreement, along with cooperative agreements in space and energy, were allowed to lapse in 1982 in accordance with the President's December 1981 announcement of sanctions against the Soviet Union in response to the imposition of martial law in Poland. Despite the non-renewal of the S&T Agreement, it was determined by the Department of State that activities under the NBS-ASUSSR Memorandum should continue because NBS acquisition of information under the program was considered beneficial to American interests and that, as an implementing arrangement, the Memorandum would not be legally affected by the expiration of the umbrella agreement. The Memorandum, which provides for collaboration in the basic sciences between NBS and various research institutes of the Soviet Academy, specifically mentions cooperation in the fields of thermal physics and thermodynamics, materials science, spectroscopy, chemistry and chemical kinetics, and cryogenic science. There are presently five applications pending for exchange visits under this program. The Soviet proposals are in the fields of atomic and molecular spectroscopy, while the NBS proposals are in chemical thermodynamics and measurement methodology for non-ionizing electromagnetic readiation. NBS anticipates significant scientific benefit from the American proposals, with particular interest in the last-mentioned because of the wide difference between current US and USSR exposure standards in this area. SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS AND AGENCY RECOMMENDATIONS The National Bureau of Standards' evaluation indicates: --The cooperative program with the Soviet Academy has provided direct, significant scientific benefit to ongoing projects at NBS through not only the usual collaboration with CONFIDENTTAL DECL: OADR CONFIDENTIAL -2- Soviet scientists, but as well through first-hand study of the details of Soviet experimental techniques not ordinarily accessible without this bilateral program. --With the expiration of the umbrella S&T agreement, the NBS memorandum provides access to Soviet research facilities not possible under the remaining official bilateral science agreements. --The program has progressed on a modest and selective scale at an annual cost to NBS of from $8 to 12 thousand annually and has yet to reach the upper exchange limits noted in the Memorandum. --NBS scientists have generally been provided the access to laboratory facilities as requested in their exchange proposals. However, in a recent case when the Soviets failed to provide already agreed-upon arrangements and laboratory visits, NBS notified the Academy that the applications of three Soviet scientists to visit NBS under the Memorandum would not be processed until an explanation was provided. --In its appraisal of applications for exchange visits, NBS pays particular attention to the questions of reciprocity, mutual benefit, scientific soundness, and any potential for significant technological loss. Subject areas are limited to those considered to be basic rather than applied research. Soviet applications are screened by the Committee on Exchanges (COMEX) to obtain a thorough appraisal of any potential for undesired technology loss. NBS, as set forth in its report (attached), recommends that the Memoradum be renewed without modification of the text for a period of five years. State recommends proposing an exchange of notes with the Soviets providing for a five-year extension. State agrees with NBS that there is no need to modify the existing language of the Memorandum. Consistent with the policy directive NSDD-75, State believes that while we should continue to monitor the overall level of S&T exchanges in response to soviet actions, we should not futher dismantle the framework which now exists. As in our CONFIDENTIAL 9 CONF IDEN IAL -3- other S&T exchange programs, the activities conducted pursuant to the NBS-ASUSSR Memorandum scientifically benefit NBS programs, afford our visiting scientists access to laboratory facilities not otherwise available to study specialized Soviet research techniques, and keep Americans abreast of developments in Soviet science. State notes, however, that in proposing the extension of the Memorandum, the U.S. Government is softening, in a sense, the practical consequences of allowing the expiration in 1982 of the Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology: This could be incorrectly interpreted by the Soviets to mean that we do not have a firm policy in regard to scientific exchanges. However, in the case of the NBS Memorandum, State is of the opinion that the scientific and intelligence benefits to the United States of continuing the activities under the Memorandum outweigh any possible Soviet misreadings of our intentions. The renewal of the Memorandum is consistent with the policy of the USG as set forth in NSDD-75. The Committee on Exchanges (COMEX) recommends that the National Bureau of Standards be permitted to extend its Memorandum and believes that NBS has done a good job of guarding against significant téchnology loss. COMEX will continue to review the program proposals on a case-by-case basis. The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) concurs in the NBS proposal to extend the Memorandum for five years provided that the exchange proposals continue to be reviewed for possible technology transfer concerns as is presently being done. The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, and Department of the Interior concur in the renewal of the Memorandum for five years. Other agencies offered no comment. CONFIDENTIAL A OF 12281 2 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Bureau of Standards 10 UNITED UNITED 8 Washington, D.C. 20234 NOV 16 1983 MEMORANDUM FOR Byron Morton Deputy Director, EUR/SOV Department of State From: Edward L. Brady Edward L. Brady Associate Director for International Affairs SUMMARY: The National Bureau of Standards recommends that, subject to overriding foreign policy objections, it be autho- rized to propose to the USSR Academy of Sciences that the current Memorandum on Cooperation (MoC) between the two insti- tutions, now scheduled to terminate December 12, 1983, be renewed for an additional five-year period. NBS officials have critically reviewed the implementation of the MoC and have concluded that NBS has acquired technical information on work in progress in institutes of the Academy of Sciences that would be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain by other means. This information has been of significant benefit to the accom- plishment of NBS scientific objectives. END SUMMARY Background: The NBS/ASUSSR Memorandum on Cooperation, a copy of which is attached as Attachment A,-derives from extended negotiations dating back to a proposal originally made in 1974 by the late President of the USSR Academy of Sciences, M. V. Keldysh. It was signed at Moscow by Academy Vice President Ye. P. Velikhov and NBS Director Ernest Ambler on December 13, 1978, with a period of validity of five years. It has the status of an implementing protocol of the intergovernmental Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology, dated May 24, 1972. Despite the non-renewal, on foreign policy grounds, of this umbrella Agreement upon its termination in 1982, it was determined by a committee representing the Department of State and other agencies of the Executive Branch that activities under the MoC should continue because NBS acquisi- tion of information under the program was considered beneficial to U.S. interests. The possibility of such continuation was allowed for in Paragraph 2 of Article 8 of the umbrella Agreement which states that "The termination of this Agreement shall not affect the validity of agreements made hereunder between agencies, organizations and enterprises of both countries." This, then, is the legal basis under which implemen- tation of the MoC has continued to the present time. History of Implementation of the MoC: During the past five years, the MoC has provided NBS with an operating flexibility and broad technical DECLASSIFIED NLRR F06- $12281 BY KML NARA DATE 5/2/11 Page 2 scope hitherto unavailable in our interactions with leading institutions and scientists of the USSR and has effectively served to promote the acquisition of unpublished information from USSR research institutions and the achievement of mutually desired scientific objectives, through joint work in their own laboratories as well as in ours. Each side has appointed its own Coordinating Council to evaluate, monitor, and guide the joint activities and scientific progress under the MoC. The high-level significance that the Soviet side attaches to the MoC is demonstrated by the composition of its Coordinating Council, comprised of Academician Yu. A. Osip'yan, Director of the USSR Institute for Solid State Physics, as Chairman, plus eight other renowned Soviet scientists, many of whom are directors of leading research institutes and have Academy rank. The NBS Coordinating Council consists of the NBS Director, Ernest Ambler, as Chairman, plus senior members of the NBS staff. As written, the MoC permits a broad program of scientific cooperation between NBS and research institutes of the ASUSSR and specifically mentions the fields of thermal physics and thermodynamics, materials science, spec- troscopy, chemistry and chemical kinetics, and cryogenic science. However, other fields of science may be included by mutual agreement. Although the MoC provides for an annual quota of up to 14 man-months of long-term visits (2-6 months) by each side to the other, plus a quota of up to 6 man-months of short-term visits by senior scientists and program managers, we have not yet approached these upper limits in our cooperative activities. Rather, the program has progressed on a more modest and selective scale at an annual cost to NBS of about $8-12K for transportation and sub- sistence. The Soviet side has preferred visits of longer duration (up to 3 months), whereas NBS scientists have concentrated on shorter visits (2 weeks to 1 month). The overall usage of the quota has been in favor of the Soviets by a ratio of about 2 Soviet visitors to 1 NBS, but the techni- cal benefits are judged to have been generally equal. NBS scientists who have participated in the program have without exception reported that Soviet willingness to cooperate at the working scientist level in an effort to make activities scientifically valid and productive is quite high. For example, NBS scientist Dr. Daniel Kelleher, who returned just last month from a two-week familiarization visit to Soviet laboratories, has reported that he encountered a number of forefront Soviet scientific programs that had not previously been known to him and that he had identified several areas where a joint effort would probably lead to significant, mutual scientific payoff. He further commented that non- renewal of the MoC would cut off a source of useful information for him. This observation is in accord with the general view of NBS that the full potential of benefit from the MoC has not yet been exploited. Page 3 This is not to say, however, that the program runs entirely smoothly. Bureaucratic and logistical problems on the Soviet side continue to interfere with gaining the maximum possible benefit from the cooperation. The recent one-month visit of NBS scientist Dr. J. Reader in the USSR is an example. Although considered by us to be a technical success, it nevertheless did not succeed in achieving the full benefits that were expected because of failure on the Soviet side to provide already agreed- upon arrangements and laboratory visits. NBS has sent a message of protest to the Soviets in which we request an explanation of this case before we proceed with processing of the applications of three Soviet scientists who have applied to visit NBS under the MoC. At present, five applications for exchange visits are pending under the MoC--three from the Soviet side (involving three scientists), and two from the NBS side (involving six scientists). The Soviet proposals are in the fields of atomic and molecular spectroscopy, and the NBS proposals are in the fields of chemical thermodynamics and measurement methodology for non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. We anticipate significant scientific benefit from both of the U.S. proposals, but we are particularly interested in the last-mentioned because of the wide difference between current U.S. and USSR exposure standards in this area. Assessment of Scientific and Technical Benefits and Their Balance: All NBS participants say that the scientific benefit to their own programs has been significant. One NBS scientist has said that only by visiting and asking questions could he have learned all the details of the experi- mental techniques used by Soviet scientists in his field. Such details are ordinarily not published, or if they are published, they appear in USSR journals or reports that are difficult to obtain and difficult to read because of the language barrier. The NBS program of collaboration with the USSR in the compilation and evaluation of quantitative data on the physical and chemical properties of matter, which started several years before the establishment of the umbrella agreement for cooperation, has given NBS the benefit of several dozen man-years of high-quality scientific output. Similar benefits are characteristic of all of the cooperative interactions between NBS and USSR laboratories. As a tangible product of the cooperation, joint publications in the archival technical literature have appeared or are in preparation in the fields of thermodynamic data analysis, crystal structure, molecular spec- troscopy, and atomic spectroscopy. Several reprints of joint publications in the latter area are attached as Attachment B. These illustrate the contributions that joint research can make to NBS priority programs, in this case, the provision of data useful for diagnostic work in the DOE fusion energy efforts. 13 Page 4 In some cases, the scale of benefits is decidedly tipped in favor of NBS. For example, NBS scientist Dr. K. Evenson reported that the Soviet effort he observed in Novosibirsk in the field of stabilized lasers, laser frequency measurements, and the scientific application of both of these is about seven times greater than that currently in progress at NBS and that their accomplishments probably surpass ours in several areas. NBS is currently employing some techniques that were originally suggested by the Novosibirsk group. Dr. Kharlamov of the Soviet Academy spent most of his three-months' visit at NBS developing computer algorithms and programs for NBS data logging systems. He wrote and left with NBS a set of four useful computer programs that we now use in connection with data acquisition and processing in certain experimental areas connected with our diode laser spectrometer. As a result of Dr. Givargizov's visit to NBS, we gained possession of a worthwhile collection of whisker crystal specimens that he brought with him from the USSR and that will benefit our future work. Of course, NBS feels that it has not always received the full scope of technical benefit that it expected. However, these cases relate to only portions of the originally proposed programs, the remaining portions of which were achieved to our satisfaction. Potential for Technology Loss to the United States: At the very beginning of implementation of the MoC, the Director of NBS established an internal NBS Coordinating Council to approve and monitor joint activities under the MoC to ensure that these activities provided technical benefits to NBS and the United States. The Director serves as the Chairman of this Council. In its appraisal of applications under the MoC, the Council pays particular attention to the questions of reciprocity, mutual benefit, scientific soundness, and any potential for significant technological loss to the United States. Subject areas are limited to those considered to be basic rather than applied research. In addition, before responding to the Soviet Academy, NBS routinely transmits Soviet applications to the State Department and to the Committee on Exchanges (COMEX) to obtain a thorough inter-agency appraisal of any potential technological loss. As a result of these evaluations and other internal considerations (such as whether the proposed program coincides with areas of current NBS interests), NBS has either rejected or modified several proposed Soviet visits. (No proposed visit by NBS scientists to the USSR has been rejected by the Soviet side.) While the Soviet visitors are in residence at NBS, care is taken to limit their access to the agreed areas only. 14 Page 5 Cost Savings Achieved through Implemenation of the MoC: As noted above, the budgetary outlay in the implementation of the MoC is quite modest in comparison with the technical benefits achieved. Technical benefits translate directly into cost savings through contributions to our own domestic objectives. One example of cost savings and avoidance of duplication of effort has already been mentioned--the joint production of a compilation of critically evaluated thermophysical data that will be a major publication of the U.S. National Standard Reference Data System that is overseen by NBS. This effort also includes exchanges of bibliographic references, which serves to strengthen the NBS knowledge of the availability of Soviet data in this field--data that might otherwise have been overlooked. During the past 2 years, the Soviet side has provided NBS with about 60,000 microfiche images containing such information, and NBS has provided the Soviet side with an equivalent number of references to U.S. literature. NBS Recommendation: In recent months, NBS has received several inquiries from Soviet visitors and from officials in Moscow regarding NBS wishes to renew the agreement. At a reception in early 1983 at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, Academy Vice President Velikhov suggested that the Academy would be interested in an extension if NBS were. In the judgment of NBS participants, the NBS/ASUSSR program of collaboration (1) has been of significant benefit to the technical objectives of NBS and (2) has provided a means of acquiring information on scientific programs within USSR laboratories that is not available from any other source. We recommend, therefore, that if there are no overriding objections on foreign policy grounds, authorization be given to NBS to propose to the USSR Academy of Sciences that the existing Memorandum on Cooperation be renewed for another five-year period. Attachments cc: L. Starbird 15 ATTACHMENT B J. Reader and A. Ryabtsev Vol. 71, No. 3/March 1981/J. Opt. Soc. Am. 231 3p⁶ 3d8-3p5 3d⁹ transitions in Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII Joseph Reader and Aleksandr Ryabtsev* National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234 Received September 29. 1980 The 3p⁶ 3d8-3p5 3d° transitions in Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII have been newly measured by means of a low-inductance vacuum spark and a 10.7-m grazing-incidence spectrograph. The measurements have led to an improved analysis of this complex transition group in these ions. All levels of the combining configurations have been established. The energy parameters determined from least-squares fits to the observed levels are compared with Hartree-Fock calculations. The effective interaction aL(L + 1) for the 3p⁶ 3d⁸ configuration decreases markedly with increasing ionization. The effective electrostatic interactions D¹(3p3d) and X²(3p3d) for the 3p⁵ 3d9 configuration are practically constant through the sequence. Ions of the isoelectronic sequence Sr XIII-Mo XVII have the corded was about 70 A. As several important transitions for ground configuration 3p⁶ 3d⁸. The lowest excited configu- the present ions were expected to lie below 70 A, new expo- ration is 3p5 3d9. In each ion the 3p⁶ 3d8-3p5 3d9 transitions sures were taken on the 10.7-m spectrograph at an angle of form a complex group of lines that span a region of only about incidence of 85°. At this angle, spectra could be observed to 18 A. This region also contains complex spectra that are due about 33 A. Wavelength-calibration procedures and further to 3p⁶ 3dⁿ-3p⁵ 3dⁿ⁺¹ transitions of higher stages of ioniza- experimental details are given in Refs. 4-8. tion. The investigation of these transition groups thus re- The wavelengths, intensities, and classifications of the quires selective excitation and high resolution. A photograph 3p⁶ 3d8-3p5 3d9 transitions of Sr XIII-Mo XVII obtained in of this complex spectral region for Mo, as observed in spectra the present work are given in Table 1. The uncertainty of the of the DITE Tokamak and a laser-produced plasma, has been wavelengths is ±0.005 A. For perturbed lines the uncertainty given by Mansfield et al.¹ is ±0.010 A. The intensities are visual estimates of photo- The 3p⁶ 3d8-3p5 3d9 transitions in Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb-XV1, graphic blackening. As noted in the table, many of the values and Mo XVII were investigated recently by Bogdanovichene represent new measurements for lines given originally in Refs. et al.2 They used a low-inductance vacuum spark together 2 and 3. with 2- and 3-m grazing-incidence spectrographs to identify about 25 lines in each spectrum. From these identifications ANALYSIS OF THE SPECTRA most of the energy levels of the two configurations were es- tablished. In a parallel investigation, Burkhalter et al.³ used To extend the analyses we first made least-squares fits for the a low-inductance vacuum spark and a 2.2-m grazing-incidence most-reliably determined 3p⁶ 3d⁸ and 3p5 3d⁹ levels.² The spectrograph to identify 14 prominent 3p⁶ 3d8-3p5 3d9 3p⁶ 3d⁸ levels included 3F2,3,4, 3P1.2, and 1D2. The 3p5 3d9 transitions in Mo XVII. levels included 3F2,3,4, 3P1.2, ³D₁,2₃, and 1D2. These levels In the present work we observed spectra of strontium, yt- were confirmed by additional combinations found in the trium, zirconium, niobium, and molybdenum with a low- present observations. The levels 3p⁶ 3d⁸ 3P0, 1G4, 1S₀, and inductance vacuum spark and the 10.7-m grazing incidence 3p5 3d9 3P0, 1F3, and 1P₁, which previously2 were either spectrograph at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). doubtful or missing altogether in some ions, were thus ex- With these observations we were able to extend and partially cluded. Initial values for the parameters were taken from revise the analyses of the ions Y XIV-Mo XVII as well as to Hartree-Fock (HF) calculations made with the computer provide the first spectral data for Sr XIII. About 40 lines have program of Froese-Fischer.9 No effective interactions were been identified in each spectrum. All levels of the 3p6 3d⁸ and included. These calculations proved to be satisfactory from 3p5 3d9 configurations have now been established for these the standpoint of regularity of parameter values and mean ions. errors. The predicted level values were thus adopted as a basis for further analysis of the spectra. EXPERIMENT 3p" 3d° The measurements were taken largely from spectrograms This level had been established by a single transition in each made in connection with recent investigations of several highly ion, 1D₂-¹P₁. Our new low-wavelength data provided the charged copperlike and zinclike ions.48 These observations 3P₂-¹P₁ combinations, confirming the previous identifications were made with the NBS 10.7-m spectrograph at an angle of in Y, Zr, and Mo. For Nb XVI the previous 1D2-1P₁ identi- incidence of 80°. The grating had 1200 lines/mm. At this fication (70.474 Å) was replaced by a line at 70.718 A, resulting angle of incidence the lowest wavelength that could be re- in a revised value for 3p⁵ 3dº 1P₁. 232 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 71, No. 3/March 1981 J. Reader and A. Ryabtsev 3ps 3d° 1Sg 3p" 3d° 1G, and 3ps 3d° 1F₃ The 1G4-¹F₃ transition is easily identified as an intense line This level was based on the single transition 1S₀⁻¹P₁. The on the low-wavelength side of the transition group.²,³ It has identification was listed² as doubtful in Y and Zr and was the highest predicted line strength within the present array. absent in Nb and Mo. We have now replaced these identifi- In Ref. 2 these levels were connected to the main body of levels cations with those given in Table 1, which includes values for through the single transition 1G4-3D3. We have now replaced Nb and Mo as well. These lines were the most prominent the 1G4-3D3 identifications with those given in Table 1. This unidentified lines in the expected region and, although there in turn revises the 1Gs and 1F₃ level values. The new values are no confirming transitions, there is little doubt that the are confirmed by the four additional combinations, 3F₃¹F₃, identifications are correct. They are strongly supported by 3FT¹F₃, 1D₂¹F₃, and 1G4-3F3. The line identified as the least-squares calculations. 1G4-3D₃ in Y XIV was previously identified as 3P₁-³P₀ Table 1. Observed 3p' 3d8-3p5 3d' Transitions in Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII Sr XIII Y XIV Zr XV Nb XVI Mo XVII Transition X(A) Int. X(A) Int. X(A) Int. X(A) Int. A(A) Int. 3pe 3d8 3Fs-3p5 3d° 1F3 76.229 10 72.455 10 68.989 10 65.770 4 3F2-3p5 3d° 1F₃ 76.506 1h 72.692 1h 69.174 2 65.891 1h 3P2-3p5 3d9 ip₁ 77.268 25 73.239 15 69.540 15 66.100 3 1D2-3p5 3d° 1P₁ 82.758 75 78.395ᵇ 50p 74.395 40 70.718 40 67.302ᶜ 15 1D2-3p5 3d° 1F₃ 78.813 10 74.966 3 71.448 5 68.188 3h 1G4-3p5 3d° 1F3 83.656 2000 79.338b 3000 75.385ᵇ 2000 71.759 1200 68.390 800 3F3-3p5 3d° 3P2 85.311 120 80.714b 150 76.509b 70 72.656 100 69.088 30 3F2-3ps 3d° 3P2 81.030ᵇ 20 76.777 10 72.870 5 3P2-3p5 3d° 3P2 82.334 50 78.006ᵇ 20 74.049 20 70.386 15 3F3-3p5 3d° 3F2 82.628 5 74.132 2 70.367 3 3F2-3p5 3d° 3F2 87.831 100 82.963ᵇ 120 78.483b 30 74.352 20 70.494 5 3P1-3p5 3d° 3P2 88.151 200 83.397ᵇ 140 79.046ᵇ 70 75.060 70 71.359° 30 1D2-3ps 3d° 3P2 83.614 70 79.318 15 71.750 5 1So-3p5 3d° 1P1 88.631 70 83.970 50 79.689 30 75.754 20 72.092 20 3F2-3p5 3d° 3D₁ 88.568 500 84.211b 200 80.247ᵇ 250 76.631ᵇ 120 73.289ᶜ 200 3F4-3p5 3d° 3D₃ 88.754 800 84.266ᵇ 400 80.176b 400 746.442b 300 72.990 300 3P2-3p3 3d° 3F2 84.326 25 79.766 2h 75.590 20p 71.705 7 3F3-3p5 3d⁹ 3D₃ 89.797 200 85.372ᵇ 160 81.350b 250 77.685ᵇ 120 74.306ᶜ 200 3P2-3ps 3d° ³D₁ 85.618ᵇ 25 77.9496 30 74.600 5 1D2-3p5 3d° 3F2 90.618 150 85.673b 150 81.140ᵇ 200 76.980ᵇ 120 73.122c 150 3Po-3p5 3d° 3D₁ 91.253 60 86.767ᵇ 70 82.696ᵇ 25 78.986ᵇ 40 75.580 15 3F3-3p5 3d° 3D2 91.481 500 87.009ᵇ 400 82.948 300 79.241 500 75.840ᵇ 150 3P2-3p⁵ 3d° 3D3 91.757 100 87.184b 100 83.048ᵇ 100 79.284b 50p 75.816 15 3Fs-3p5 3d° 3F₃ 92.664 600 87.984ᵇ 600 83.727b 700 79.839b 500 76.269ᶜ 600 3P2-3p5 3d° 3P₁ 92.734 150 88.186ᵇ 140 84.061ᵇ 100 80.298ᵇ 150 76.863ᵇ 200h 1D2-3p5 3d° 3D3 88.623 5 84.534 2 77.396 5p 3P₂-3p⁵ 3d° 3D2 93.517 150 88.893ᵇ 150 84.708b 100 80.890ᵇ 80 77.4106 20 3P1-3p5 3d° 3Po 93.772 80 89.190d.e 600 85.031ᵇ 200 81.213° 80 77.727 30 3F3-3ps 3d° 3F3 93.800 100 89.190d,e 600 85.011 70 81.202 100 77.706 20 1G4-3p5 3d⁹ 3D3 93.967 50 89.287ᵈ 75 85.064 30 81.213 80 77.666ᵇ 30 3Po-3ps 3d° 3P₁ 89.408d.e 150 85.236 20 81.412₫ 20 77.898 15 3P1-3p5 3d° 3P₁ 89.408b,e 150 85.269ᵇ 40 81.489 80 78.019ᵇ 40 1D23p5 3d° 3D2 94.955 50 90.389ᵇ 120 86.256ᵇ 70 82.495' 50 79.062b 100 3F4-3p5 3dº 3F4 95.528 1500 90.871ᵇ 1500 86.630ᵇ 1500 82.749b 1500 79.186 1500 3Fs-3ps 3d° 1D2 90.967 5 82.993 50bl 79.532 5 3P2-3p5 3d° 3F3 91.177 5h 82.945 2 79.359 5 3Fz3p8 3d° 1D2 95.998 400 91.371ᵇ 600 87.147b.s 600 83.275b 600 79.711ᶜ 700 3Fs-3p5 3d° 3Fs 96.739 200/ 92.160 40 88.006ᵇ 20h 84.211b 100 80.734 30 1D23p5 3d° 3F3 97.450 100 92.749 25 88.486 20 84.619 40 81.080 20p 3P2-3ps 3d° 1D2 97.766 400 93.031b 400 88.732b 300 84.823b 150 81.261ᵇ 100 1G4-3p5 3d° 3F₃ 93.478 15 89.069 20 85.058 10 81.382 20 ³P₁-3p⁵ 3d° 1D2 94.390 10 90.080 10 86.154 30 82.556 20 1D2-3p⁵ 3d° 1D2 99.341 100 94.671b 100 90.434b 100 86.586ᵇ 30 83.079ᵇ 50 a Symbols: bl, blend of two lines; h, hazy; P. perturbed by close line. b Present value for line given originally by Bogdanovichene et aL, Ref. 2. Present value for line given originally by Bogdanovichene et al., Ref. 2, and by Burkhalter et al., Ref. 3. d Present value for line given originally by Bogdanovichene et al, Ref. 2, revised classification. . Doubly classified. / Blended with 96.731 A of Ti. (The Sr exposures were made with an anode of Sr and a cathode of Ti.) 8 Blended with a line of Zz XII; see Ref. 7. 17 J. Reader and A. Ryabtsev Vol. 71, No. 3/March 1981/J. Opt. Soc. Am. 233 Table 2. Energy Levels (in cm⁻¹) of the 3p' 3dª and 3p5 3d° Configurations of Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII Configuration Term J Sr XIII° Y XIV Zr XV Nb XVI Mo XVII 3p⁶ 3d⁸ 3F 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 080 15 380 18 030 20 960 24 250 2 18 000 20 230 22 560 24 890 27 030 sp 2 36 850 39760 43 080 46 840 51 000 0 51 230 55230 59 470 63 830 68 350° 1 50840 55 240 59 940 65 020° 70 310 ID 2 53 040 58 380 64 280 70 790 77 960 1G 4 62 500 66 780° 71 660a 76 870° 82 420° is 0 133 120 143 060° 153 590° 164 790° 176 700* 3p⁵ 3d° 3F 4 1 046 800 1 100 460 1 154 330 1 208 470 1 262 860 1D 2 1 059 690 1 114 670 1 170 060 1 225 740 1 281 600 3F 3 1 079 180 1 136 550 1 194 370 1 252 520 1 311 160 ³D 2 1 106 180 1 164 700 1 223 610 1282970 1 342 800 3P 1 1 115 200 1 173 720 1 232 700 1 292 180 1 352 050 3P 0 1 117 250 1 176 440a 1 235 980° 1 296 360° 1 356 860° 3D 3 1 126 700 1 186 740 1 247 240 1 308 200 1 370 010 ³D 1 1 147 080 1 207 730 1 268 720 1 329 840 1 391 470 de 2 1 156 570 1 225 610 1296720 1 369 820 1 445 570 3P 2 1 185 260 1 254 340 1 325 040 1 397 270° 1 471 690 1F 3 1 257 880 1 327 220° 1 398 200° 1 470 450° 1 544 660° 1P 1 1 261 390 1 333 960 1 408 460 1 484 850° 1 563 830 New level; all levels for Sr XIII are new. 3p⁵ 3d° 3Po electronic regularities. The evidence for a blend in Y is par- This level makes only one combination within the present ticularly strong because there is no other possible choice array, 3P₁-³P₀. Although this transition is expected to be within a reasonable distance of the predicted position and, fairly strong, its identification is made difficult by the com- furthermore, the other member of the blend, 3F₃-³F₃, appears plexity of the spectrum in the expected region. Based on the to be anomalously strong compared with its appearance present observations and calculations, we propose the new elsewhere in the sequence. identifications for this transition given in Table 1. In Zr and Mo there is not much doubt about the assignments, because 3p5 3d° 3P, there is only one clear choice. In Y and Nb the proposed lines This level can make three transitions, of which two, 3P₀-³P₁ represent blends with other transitions of the same array. and 3P₀-³D₁, are expected to be reasonably strong and one, However, these identifications are well supported by iso- ³P₀-¹P₁, is expected to be weak. In Ref. 2, values for 3Po were 's 10 1F 160 Mo XVN 2p⁶³d⁸ 1500 Mo XVS 120 3p53d9 i Energy GOBL) 1a B 'D Iffent case) 1490 2p 30 3p 40 . 1329 10 0 2F 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4 J Value J Value Fig. 2. Structure of the 3p5 3d° configuration of Mo XVII. Levels Fig. 1. Structure of the 3pᵉ 3d⁸ configuration of Mo XVII. are grouped into LS terms. 234 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 71, No. 3/March 1981 J. Reader and A. Ryabtsev (1/2, 3/2) given for Y, Zr, and Nb based on the single transition 3Pσ³D₁. No value was given for Mo. We have now observed the (1/2, 5/2) 3Po-3D₁ as well as the 3Po-3P1 transition for the present ions, confirming the previous identifications and providing values 1500 for Mo. In Y the 3p⁶ 3d⁸ 3P₀ and 3P₁ levels are nearly coin- cident and the 3Po-3P1 and 3P₁-³P₁ transitions thus cannot Mo XVS be resolved. Our value for ³Pσ-³D₁ in Mo replaces the iden- 3p53d9 tification for this transition given in Ref. 3. i Enery Sr XIII 1480 The spectra for this ion were relatively weak, but with the help of isoelectronic regularities the principal lines of the array and (3/2, 3/2) all of the levels could in fact be located. The presence of 3P1-³P₀ as a fairly strong line in Sr further supports the pro- posed blend of 3P₁-³P₀ and 3F3-3F3 in Y. Finally, we confirm the value for 3F₃-³D₂ of Mo XVII given 1300 in Ref. 2 (75.843 A), compared with the value given in Ref. 3 (3/2. 5/2) (75.624 A). The resulting levels are supported by several other combinations. 0 1 2 3 4 The values of the energy levels are given in Table 2. These J Value values were determined by an optimization procedure¹⁰ that minimizes the differences between the observed and calcu- Fig. 3. Structure of the 3p⁵ 3d° configuration of Mo XVII. Levels lated wave numbers. The uncertainty of the level values is are grouped into jj terms. about ±50 cm⁻¹. Table 3. Energy Parameters (in cm⁻¹) and Mean Errors A of Least-Squares Fits for the 3p⁶ 3d⁸ Configurations of Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII." Ion Parameter HF Fitted Fitted-HF Sr XIII Eav 36440 34 031 ± 63 F²(3d3d) 214 978 194 218 ± 513 0.903 ± 0.002 F4(3d3d) 136 981 115 570 ± 468 0.844 ± 0.003 α(3d3d) 203 ± 12 Isd 6133 207 ± 74 1.012 ± 0.012 A 167 Y XIV Eav 39578 37 009 ± 61 F²(3d3d) 225 641 204 477 ± 496 0.906 ± 0.002 F4(3d3d) 143 929 123 560 ± 456 0.858 ± 0.003 α(3d3d) 171 ± 11 Sad 7 196 7 226 ± 70 1.004 ± 0.010 A 161 Zr XV Eav 42883 40 323 ± 82 F²(3d3d) 236 241 215 429 ± 678 0.912 ± 0.003 F4(3d3d) 150 838 131 717 ± 627 0.873 ± 0.004 a(3d3d) 156 ± 15 S3d 8 388 8 365 ± 92 0.997 ± 0.011 A 218 Nb XVI Eav 46430 43 903 ± 103 F²(3d3d) 246787 226 602 ± 847 0.918 ± 0.003 F*(3d3d) 157 711 140 221 ± 789 0.889 ± 0.005 α(3d3d) 138 ± 19 3d 9717 9 641 ± 108 0.992 ± 0.011 A 272 Mo XVII Eav 50 238 47 735 ± 118 F2(3d3d) 257 286 238 019 ± 975 0.925 ± 0.004 F*(3d3d) 164 554 149 180 ± 918 0.907 ± 0.006 a(3d3d) 123 ± 22 S3d 11 195 11 080 ± 117 0.990 ± 0.010 A 312 . The value of Egv listed in the HF column is that obtained by diagonalizing the energy matrix with the HF parameters, 3Fa level set at zero. 19 J. Reader and A. Ryabtsev Vol. 71, No. 3/March 1981/J. Opt. Soc. Am. 235 Table 4. Percentage Compositions for the 3ps 3d⁸ The levels of the 3p⁶ 3d⁸ configuration of Mo XVII are Levels of Sr XIII, Zr XV, and Mo XVII plotted in Fig. 1. Although a few distortions are evident, the J Term Percentage Composition (LS) levels can be designated fairly well in the LS scheme. The 3p⁵ 3d° levels of Mo XVII are plotted with LS designations in 0 sp 96, 95, 93% 3P + 4, 5, 7% is Fig. 2 and with jj designations in Fig. 3. Clearly, neither IS 96, 95, 93% is + 4, 5, 7% 3P scheme is satisfactory. Although, as discussed below, the 1 3P 100, 100, 100% 3P coupling is a little closer to jj than to LS, we have retained LS 2 3F 79, 69, 57% 3F + 19, 27, 34% 'D + 2. 4, 9% 3P designations for the levels in order to facilitate comparison sp 47, 52, 55% 3P + 37, 24. 12% ID + 16, 24, 33% 3F with Ref. 2, in which LS designations are used throughout. ID 45, 50, 52% 1D + 51, 43, 37% 3P + 4, 7, 11% 3F 3 3F 100, 100, 100% 3F THEORETICAL INTERPRETATION 4 3F 99, 99, 98% 3F + 1, 1, 2% 1G 1G 99, 99, 98% G + 1, 1, 2% 3F The results of fitting the theoretical energy parameters to the observed 3p⁶ 3d⁸ level values by least-squares calculations are Table 5. Energy Parameters (in cm⁻¹) and Mean Errors A of Least-Squares Fits for the 3p5 3d° Configurations of Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII Ion Parameter HF Fitted Fitted-HF Sr XIII Eav 1 112 692 1 131 577 ± 46 F²(3p3d) 202 415 193 004 ± 546 0.954 ± 0.003 G¹(3p3d) 235 516 199 797 ± 237 0.848 ± 0.001 G³(3p3d) 150 323 141 352 ± 456 0.940 ± 0.003 D¹(3p3d) -13 736 ± 412 X²(3p3d) -6 063 ± 569 53p 55 838 58 728 ± 87 1.052 ± 0.002 53d 6096 5 984 ± 60 0.982 ± 0.010 A 148 Y XIV Esv 1 166 512 1 192 951 ± 60 F²(3p3d) 210 891 201 963 ± 736 0.958 ± 0.003 G¹(3p3d) 244 026 208 819 ± 312 0.856 ± 0.001 G³(3p3d) 156 264 147 262 ±617 0.942 ± 0.004 D¹(3p3d) -13 522 ± 544 X²(3p3d) -5 883 ± 743 53p 63880 67 429 ± 110 1.056 ± 0.002 53d 7152 7 004 ± 78 0.979 ± 0.011 A 193 Zr XV Esv 1 220 111 1 255 174 ± 83 F²(3p3d) 219 314 210 733 ± 1056 0.961 ± 0.005 G¹(3p3d) 252 433 218 008 ± 438 0.864 ± 0.002 G³(3p3d) 162 142 153 534 ± 889 0.947 ± 0.005 D¹(3p3d) -13 722 ± 764 X²(3p3d) -6 304 ± 1038 Sp 72760 77 094 ± 148 1.060 ± 0.002 53d 8 335 8 162 ± 107 0.979 ± 0.013 s 267 Nb XVI Eav 1 274 595 1 318 169 ± 117 F²(3p3d) 227 690 219 792 ± 1527 0.965 ± 0.007 G¹(3p3d) 260 752 226 922 ± 622 0.870 ± 0.002 G³(3p3d) 167 965 159 526 = 1295 0.950 ± 0.008 D¹(3p3d) -13 771 ± 1085 X²(3p3d) -7 039 ± 1469 53p 82 533 87 640 # 204 1.062 ± 0.002 53d 9657 9 475 ± 148 0.981 ± 0.015 A 374 Mo XVII Eav 1 328 831 1 382 222 ± 132 F²(3p3d) 236 026 228 252 ± 1772 0.967 ± 0.008 G¹(3p3d) 268 994 235 911 ± 713 0.877 ± 0.003 G³(3p3d) 173740 165 595 ± 1518 0.953 ± 0.009 D¹(3p3d) -14 052 ± 1242 X²(3p3d) -6 745 ± 1679 53p 93255 99 559 ± 226 1.068 ± 0.002 53d 11 125 10 918 ± 166 0.981 ± 0.015 0 422 20 236 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 71, No. 3/March 1981 J. Reader and A. Ryabtsev Table 6. Percentage Compositions for the 3p⁵ 3d° Levels of Sr XIII, Zr XV, and Mo XVII J Term Percentage jj Percentage Composition (LS) 0 3P 100, 100, 100% (3/2,3/2) 100, 100, 100% 3P 1 sp 81, 78, 75% (3/2,3/2) 84, 85, 86% 3P + 16, 14, 12% 3D + 0, 1, 2% 1P ³D 63, 66, 66% (3/2,5/2) 68, 65, 63% 3D + 22, 27, 32% 1P + 10, 8, 5% 3P 1P 80, 85, 89% (1/2,3/2) 78, 72, 66% 1P + 16, 20, 25% 3D + 6, 8, 9% 3P 2 1D 70, 73, 77% (3/2,5/2) 75, 74, 73% 1D + 17, 15, 14% 3F + 8, 10, 12% 3P 3D 67, 72, 76% (3/2,3/2) 45, 49, 51% 3D + 31, 31, 31% 3P + 23, 20, 18% 3F 3F 93, 96, 98% (1/2,3/2) 59, 63, 66% 3F + 19, 20, 20% ID + 12, 9, 7% 3D 3P 97, 98, 98% (1/2,5/2) 51, 51, 51% 3P + 43, 42, 41% 3D + 5, 6, 6% 1D 3 3F 66, 63, 60% (3/2,3/2) 79, 72, 65% 3F + 21, 27, 34% 3D 3D 66, 62, 58% (3/2,5/2) 75, 66, 57% ³D + 17, 22, 28% 3F + 8, 12, 15% 1F 1F 62, 67, 71% (1/2,5/2) 91, 88, 84% 1F + 5, 7, 9% 3D + 4, 5, 7% 3F 4 3F 100, 100, 100% (3/2,5/2) 100, 100, 100% 3F given in Table 3. The HF values of the parameters are also values shown in Table 3 are generally close to unity. This is given here. The parameter a for the effective electrostatic surprising because the HF calculation⁹ does not include the interaction aL(L + 1) is small but well defined. Its intro- effects of relativity. The ratios vary smoothly through the duction into the calculation reduced the mean error of the fit sequence. considerably; for Y XIV, for example, the mean error decreased The percentage compositions for the 3p⁶ 3d⁸ configurations from 1300 to 161 cm⁻¹. The present values of a are consistent of Sr XIII, Zr XV, and Mo XIII are given in Table 4. As already with the value of 108 cm⁻¹ obtained by Podobedova et al. 11 noted, the coupling is close to LS, although the 3P2 and 1D2 for the isoelectronic ion Ge VII. A value for a of 48 cm⁻¹ was states are strongly admixed. obtained by Meinders¹² for Cu IV, but this fit included two The parameters for the 3p⁵ 3d⁹ configurations are given in additional effective interactions, so a direct comparison may Table 5. The fitted-HF ratios are again close to unity and not be valid. Interestingly, for the present series of atoms, vary smoothly through the sequence. The parameters a decreases significantly with increasing ionization. D¹(3p3d) and X²(3p3d) for the direct and exchange effective The ratios of the fitted values of the parameters to the HF electrostatic interactions¹³ are well defined. Of the two, the direct interaction D¹(3p3d) is the more important. Its in- Table 7. Differences between Observed Level Values troduction into the calculation reduced the mean error for Y and Those Calculated with the Fitted Values of the Parameters for the 3p' 3d⁸ and 3p5 3d° Configurations XIV from 2300 to 700 cm⁻¹. Addition of X²(3p3d) further of Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII (in cm⁻¹) reduced the mean error to 193 cm⁻¹. [When X²(3p3d) is added alone, the mean error is reduced only to 2200 cm⁻¹.] Configuration J Term Sr XIII Y XIV Zr XV Nb XVI Mo XVII These parameters are thus significant. Their values are nearly constant through the sequence. 3p6 3d⁸ 0 3P 110 100 110 30 10 is -20 10 30 40 70 The percentage compositions for the 3p⁵ 3d9 configurations 1 3P -110 10 70 190 220 of Sr XIII, Zr XV, and Mo XVII are given in Table 6. As already 2 3F 220 220 210 180 -10 mentioned, the major components in the jj scheme are gen- 3P 80 -110 -220 -250 -230 erally higher than in the LS scheme. In the jl scheme the ID -80 -130 -180 -240 -290 major component percentages were found to be a little lower 3 3F -90 30 150 270 420 on the average than in the jj scheme. 4 3F -130 -110 -160 -180 -150 The differences between the observed level values and those 1G 0 -10 -20 -20 -40 calculated with the fitted values of the parameters are given 3p5 3d° 0 3P 10 100 90 160 120 in Table 7. The differences generally vary smoothly, although 1 sp -110 -240 -280 -410 -370 there are a few irregularities, such as for 3p⁶ 3d⁸ 3F2 and 3P2. 3D 100 -10 -60 -150 -220 In view of the uncertainties of the level values, we do not 1P -30 0 30 70 120 consider these irregularities to be significant. 2 ID 10 20 30 50 60 3D 80 150 230 310 340 A. Ryabtsev would like to thank W. C. Martin for generous 3F -70 -110 -170 -240 -290 hospitality in making possible his stay as a guest worker at sp 90 110 160 200 220 NBS. 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Am./Vol. 71, No. 6/June 1981 Wyart et al. 3d-4p Transitions in the zinclike and copperlike ions Y X, XI; Zr XI, XII; Nb XII, XIII; and Mo XIII, XIV Jean-François Wyart,* Joseph Reader, and Aleksandr Ryabtsev+ National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234 Received December 16, 1980 Lines occurring as satellites on the long-wavelength side of the 3d¹⁰-3d⁹₄p resonance lines of Ni-like ions have been investigated with a low-inductance vacuum spark and a 10.7-m spectrograph for the elements Y, Zr, Nb, and Mo. The lines are interpreted as 3d¹⁰4s-3d³4s4p and 3d¹⁰⁴p-3d⁹⁴p² transitions in the Cu-like ions Y XI, Zr XII, Nb XIII, and Mo XIV and 3d104s2-3d94s24p transitions in the Zn-like ions Y X, Zr XI, Nb XII, and Mo XIII. The spectra of the Cu-like ions were interpreted by generalized least-squares fits for the energy levels of the sequence of four ions. Thirty-nine levels of 3d°4s4p were interpreted simultaneously with a root-mean-square deviation of 122 cm⁻¹; forty-four levels of 3d°4p2 were interpreted in the same way with a root-mean-square deviation of 200 cm⁻¹. Line identifications and energy levels were obtained for the 3d¹⁰⁷P configuration of the Cu-like ions Y XI-Mo XIV. The use of highly ionized molybdenum for plasma diagnosis LINE IDENTIFICATIONS AND THEORETICAL in controlled-fusion research has stimulated spectroscopic INTERPRETATION investigations of this element in recent years. As a member of the Cu I isoelectronic sequence, Mo XIV has the ground 3d"4s-3d"4s4p Transitions configuration 3d¹⁰4s. Its one-:lectron spectrum and those As was seen in Mo XIV,5 the strongest satellite lines are due of the neighboring members of the sequence Y XI, Zr XII, and to 3d¹⁰4s-3d⁹4s4p transitions. We thus interpreted these Nb XIII have already been well described.¹-⁴ In a recent de- transitions first. The 3d94s4p configuration contains 23 scription⁵ of the spectra of Mo XIII-XVIII from laser-produced levels, of which eleven have J = 1/2 or 3/2 and can therefore plasmas and low-inductance vacuum sparks, satellite lines combine with 3d¹⁰₄s 2S1/2. Our line identifications were occurring on the high-wavelength side of the 3d¹⁰-3d⁹₄p made with the help of theoretical calculations of the resonance transitions of the Ni-like ion Mo XV were inter- 3d³4s4p-level structures and 3d¹⁰⁴s-3d⁹4s4p line strengths preted as 3d¹⁰4s-3d⁹4s4p transitions of Mo XIV and in the four ions that were investigated. Initial energy pa- 3d104s2-3d94s24p transitions of Mo XIII. Unfortunately, rameters for the 3d94s4p configurations were obtained by three prominent lines near the middle of the satellite group Hartree-Fock (HF) calculations.⁷ After identifying the remained unexplained. strongest and most reliable transitions in each ion, we repeated In the present work we photographed spectra of Y, Zr, Nb, the calculations with values of the parameters determined and Mo on the 10.7-m grazing-incidence spectrograph at the from least-squares fits to the observed energy levels. New line National Bureau of Standards (NBS) and theoretically in- identifications were then carried out. In this way, 10 of the terpreted the corresponding satellite line groups in each of 11 possible transitions in each ion could be identified. Only these spectra. The unexplained lines in Mo were interpreted the transition 3d¹⁰4s which is as 3d¹⁰⁴p-3d⁸⁴p² transitions of Mo XIV. calculated to be 400 times weaker than the strongest transition of the array, could not be identified. The low calculated line EXPERIMENT strength for this transition results from the fact that the upper level corresponds to a fairly pure 2D3/2 state. The previous⁵ The experimental material for this work was the same as used identification of this transition in Mo XIV is probably spu- for a recent study of 3p63d8-3p⁵3d⁹ transitions of Y XIV, rious. Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII.⁶ Briefly, the 10.7-m grazing- The wavelengths and classifications of the identified incidence spectrograph at NBS was used at angles of incidence 3d¹⁰⁴s-3d³4s4p transitions are given in Table 1. The un- of 80° and 85° to record spectra from a low-inductance vac- certainty of the wavelengths is ±0.005 A. The intensities are uum spark between metallic electrodes. The grating had 1200 visual estimates of photographic plate blackening. The line lines/mm. The plate factor was about 0.12 A/mm at the 85° identifications are well supported by the calculated line angle of incidence. strengths, which predict the observed trends well. Because Wyart et al. Vol. 71, No. 6/June 1981/J. Opt. Soc. Am. 693 Table 1. Lines Classified as 3d'04s-3d'4s4p and 3d¹⁰⁴p-3d⁴p² Transitions in Y XI, Zr XII, Nb XIII, and Mo XIVᵃ Y XI Zr XII Nb XIII Mo XIV Classification Code 1 (A) Int. 1 (A) Int. 1 (A) Int. 1 (A) Int. 4a 2S1/F-(2D, 1P) A 73.639 15 64.466 20 57.001 15 50.788 10 4p 1S) a 73.908 2 64.794 lw 57.393 2 51.20 1 4p ³P) 4P3/2 b 74.175? 1 57.187 1 4p 2Pi/F(2D, 3P) c 74.391 5 65.059 2 57.468 2 51.158 1 4a 2S₁/₂-(3D, ¹P) B 74.456 30 65.200 50 57.662 30 51.398 20 4p 2Pi/F(2D, ¹D) 2D3/2 d 74.896 8 65.466 5 57.797 3 51.434 1 4p ¹D) 2F5/2 e 74.954 2p 65.540 3 57.884 2 51.531 1 4p 3P) 4P₁/₂ f 65.609 1 4p 3P) 4Pa/2 g 75.209 10 4p 2Pi/F(2D, 3P) &F3/2 h 75.233 15 65.760 10 58.053 10 51.666 5 4p ³P) 2P3/2 i 75.307 25 65.896 10 58.241 15 51.894 8 4p 1D) 2P1/2 j 65.816? 1 4p 3P) 2P₁/2 k 75.438 10 66.029 5 58.362 5 52.00 2u 4p 2Pi/T(2D, 3P) 2D5/2 1 75.521 35 66.080 20 58.386 20 52.013 10u 4p 2Pi/π-(2D, 3P) 2D3/2 m 75.584 25 66.115 10 58.407 10 52.019 8u 4p 2Pi/F(2D, 3P) 4D1/2 n 75.945 2 66.327 2 4a 2S1/2-(2D, 3P) 4Di/2 C 76.274 25 66.597 8 58.728 10 52.225 5 4p 2Pi/F(2D, ¹D) 2P3/2 o 76.283? 2u 66.687? 3 58.888* 5 52.415* 2 4p ²Pi/₂-(²D, ³P) 4F3/2 P 58.909 3 4p 2Pi/F-(2D, 1D) 2S1/2 q 76.331 10 66.717 5p 58.888* 5 52.415* 2 4p 2Pi/2-(2D, ¹D) r 76.434? 15l 66.792? 5 4p 3P) 4D3/2 s 76.584? 15 4a 2S1/F-(2D, 3P) 4Dip D 76.66 1 66.928 3 59.016 5w 52.473 5 4a 2S₁/₂-(2D, 3P) 2Pin E 76.843 40 67.121 30 59.214 20 52.687 10 4s 2S₁/₂⁻(²D, 3P) F 76.920 50 67.201 50 59.285 40 52.750 20 4s 2S1/2-(2D, 3P) 2Di/2 G 77.340 35 67.569 30 59.612 20 53.044 10 4p ¹D) t 59.826 2 4p 2Pi/r-(2D, ¹D) 2S₁/2 u 77.436 51 4a 251/F(2D, ³P) 4Pin H 77.667 5. 67.768 5 59.722 5 53.095 3 4s 3P) 4F3/2 I 77.910 5w 68.022 2 59.971 5 53.335 3 4a 4Pi/2 J 78.424 25 68.476 15 60.383 10 53.725 5 Levels are designated in LS coupling: The parent terms for 3d and for the coupled external electrons 4s4p or 4p2 are given in parentheses. A code has been attributed to the transitions to facilitate correspondence with Fig. 1. Capital letters-denote 3d¹⁰⁴s-3d*4s4p transitions; lower-case letters denote 3d¹⁰⁴p-3d⁸⁴p² transitions. Symbols: u, unresolved; w, wide; 1, shaded to longer wavelengths; p, perturbed by close line; : doubly classified. Lines for which a question mark is given have observed intensities much larger than expected; they may be blended with lines of other ionization stages. Not all the transitions are shown in Fig. 1. the transitions may be written as [3d¹⁰(15)]4s- configurations. For example, the 3d¹⁰⁷p configuration [3d°4p(L,S)]4s, the intensities are proportional to the amount overlaps 3d94s4p and, as the relative position of the two of [3d°4p(¹P)]4s 2Pi/2 state in the upper level. For the line configurations varies along the sequence, different repulsion marked D in Fig. 1, this is calculated as 4.9% for Mo, 3.9% for effects may be expected. As the ratio of observed levels to free Nb, 2.5% for Zr, and 0.9% for Y. Therefore the low intensity parameters is small, the parameter values are thus sensitive found for this transition in Y XI is theoretically justified. to such small perturbations. Tracings of a portion of the satellite spectra observed in each In order to reduce the number of free parameters and im- element are shown in Fig. 1. prove their reliability, we adopted a generalized least-squares The least-squares calculation for the 3d94s4p levels involves (GLS) procedure in which the four observed spectra were fitting the ten observed levels with the eight Slater parameters treated simultaneously. In this procedure the HF values of for the 3d94s4p configuration: A, F2(3d4p), G¹(3d4p), the integrals were entered explicitly into the energy matrices G³(3d4p), G¹(4s4p), G²(3d4s), S3d, and S4p. As G³(3d4p) as coefficients of the angular factors and the scaling factors has a constant contribution to the terms having J = 1/2, for the HF parameters considered as free parameters. The levels (2AP, 2,4D, 4F), its value could be fixed at the HF value, scaling factors SF(Z) were constrained to be linearly depen- leaving seven parameters to be varied. dent on Z: SF(Z) - SFav + (Z Zav). (For the present By optimizing the remaining seven parameters, we could ions, Zav = 40.5.) However, with this constraint, the coeffi- obtain good agreement between calculated and observed cient a of the linear term in the GLS procedure was undefined energies. Also, the resultant scaling factors for the HF pa- for all parameters except G¹(4s4p) and Sad- We thus set a rameters of the four ions were found to be quite similar. = 0 except for these two parameters, leaving 13 parameters Nevertheless, their variation along the sequence was not to account for the 40 observed levels. The resultant root- completely regular. The irregularities are undoubtedly due mean-square deviation of this fit, 122 cm⁻¹, is comparable to small perturbations that may be expected for such high with the uncertainty of the energy-level values, which is about 24 694 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 71, No. 6/June 1981 Wyart et al. B Y 3d¹⁰⁴p-3d⁸⁴p². When we did this, application of the GLS E F procedures used for the 3d94s4p configurations proved to be important. 0 m C The 3d94p2 configuration is expected to lie below the ion- ization limit in the present ions. It has a total of 28 levels, of which 21 have J = 1/2, 3/2, 5/2 and can combine with 4p ²Pi/2,3/2. Because of strong electrostatic interactions within C the n = 4 shell, the 3d⁹₄p² configuration is expected to be perturbed by the 3d⁹4s², 3d⁹4s4d, and 3d94d2 configurations, which do not radiate to the 3d¹⁰nl levels. They show their presence mainly by perturbing the 3d⁹4p² levels. The 3d⁹4s2 and 3dª4d² configurations are expected to be far enough from F B 3d⁹₄p² that their perturbations can be treated by effective Zr E G electrostatic interactions. However, 3d°4s4d is close to 3d⁹₄p² and must be specifically included in the energy matrix. m Our matrix thus included the 18 ordinary electrostatic and C spin-orbit parameters for these two interacting configurations d D plus a correction of the type aL(L + 1) for the terms of the C subconfiguration 4p2 and a similar one for the final terms of 3d⁹4p². From an initial set of scaled HF parameters, predicted wavelengths and line strengths for the 3d¹⁰⁴p-3d⁹⁴p² tran- sitions could be calculated. This led to the identification of B F several strong lines of this array and also made it evident that E G the levels of 3d94s4d and about 10 levels of 3d⁹₄p² would not E be observable with the present data. Ensuing least-squares C calculations were made by fixing the internal 3d°4s4d pa- D H rameters at their HF values. The position of the 3d°4s4d configuration relative to 3d⁹4p2 was fixed in such a way that the separation between their lowest levels would equal the value of E(3d104d)-2E(3d¹⁰⁴p) as given by the known levels of the one-electron system. Thus all 3d94s4d parameters B Mo were fixed except the 3d°4s4d-3d°4p2 configuration inter- k m E G action integral R¹(4p4p, 4s4d). Again, a GLS procedure was C used for fitting the 3d⁹₄p² parameters and R¹(4p4p, 4s4d). 0 D d H I The scaling factors of F²(3d4p), G¹(3d4p), G³(3d4p), S3d, and C R¹(4p4p, 4s4d) were assumed to be constant along the se- quence. Scaling factors for F²(4p4p) and S4P were left un- Fig. 1. Comparison of the spectra of Y XI, Zr XII, Nb XIII, and constrained. Mo XIV showing isoelectronic regularities in the region of the strongest 3d¹⁰4s-3d³4s4p transitions (capital letters), 3d¹⁰⁴p-3d⁹4p² transi- By reducing the number of free parameters to 17, and tions (lower-case letters), and 3d¹⁰4s-3d¹⁰⁷p transitions (Greek let- carrying out successive line identifications and least-squares ters). Complete designations are given in Tables 1 and 7. Lines calculations, we could obtain values for 44 3d⁹4p² energy marked with dots pertain to higher ionization stages in Y; two of them levels in the four ions. The fitted and HF values of the pa- have been classified as Y XIV.⁶ rameters for the 3d⁹₄p² configurations are given in Tables 4 and 5, respectively. Table 5 also includes the HF values for 3d⁹4s4d. In the least-squares fits to the observed levels, the aL(L + 1) correction for the final terms of 3d⁹4p² remained 140 cm⁻¹. Compared with the independent calculations, the undefined and was dropped. The fitted values of a for the GLS process does not produce changes in any of the line terms of 4p2 are given in Table 4. The final root-mean-square identifications. Only nine lines have deviations До = Gexp deviation of the calculated values was 200 cm⁻¹. Tale larger than the experimental uncertainty. The identified 3d¹⁰⁴p-3d⁸⁴p² transitions are given in Table The 3d94s4p energy levels are listed in Table 2. The levels 1. The 3d94p2 energy levels are given in Table 6. For des- are designated in the SLJ scheme, which ignating the levels, no entirely satisfactory coupling scheme proved to be the best of the several possible schemes. could be found. We have adopted the (3d9 S₁L₁, 4p2 S₂L₂) The fitted values of the scaling factors and parameter values SLJ scheme, although it is not appreciably better than the are given in Tables 3 and 4, respectively. In Table 5 we list (3d9 S₁L₁J₁, 4p2 S₂L₂J₂) J scheme. The lack of a pure cou- the HF values of the parameters. pling scheme results from the presence of electrostatic and spin-orbit terms of comparable magnitude in the Hamilto- 3d"4p-3d"4p" Transitions nian. The labeling of levels is further complicated by the With the strongest satellite lines accounted for by the changing importance of these interactions along the sequence. 3d¹⁰⁴s-3d⁹4s4p transitions, we then tried to correlate the For example, the ratio F2(4p4p)/54p decreases from 5.5 in remaining lines with the group expected to be next in strength, Y XI to 3.5 in Mo XIV. Therefore significant changes occur Wyart et al. Vol. 71, No. 6/June 1981/J. Opt. Soc. Am. 695 Table 2. Experimental Energy Levels of the 3d 4s4p Configurations of Y XI, Zr XII, Nb XIII, and Mo XIVa YXI Zr XII Nb XIII Mo XIV Per- Per- Per- Per- J Designation E (cm⁻¹) ДЕ cent E (cm⁻¹) ДЕ cent E (cm⁻¹) ДЕ cent E (cm⁻¹) AE cent 1/2 (2D, 3P) 4P° 1 287 540 -20 81 1 475 630 -120 77 1 674 440 50 73 1 883 400 -50 68 (2D, sp) 2pe 1 301 350 50 90 1 489 840 10 85 1 688 800 60 82 1 898 000 0 79 (2D, 3P) 4D° 1 304 450 ob 79 1 494 150 90 71 1694 450 20 63 1 905 750 140 56 (2D, 1P) 2pe 1 357 980 -90 98 1 551 210 260 97 1 754 350 -170 97 1 968 960 130 96 3/2 (2D, 3P) 4po 1 275 120 70 64 1 460 370 -80 58 1 656 110 230 52 1 861 340 90 46 (2D,3P) ⁴F° 1 283 530 60 86 1 470 100 -200 85 1 667 480 -10 84 1 874 940 -60 84 (2D,3P) 2D° 1 292 990 -30 54 1 479 960 -100 53 1 677 520 50 52 1 885 220 -50 50 (2D, SP) 2po 1 300 060 150 59 1 488 080 -40 58 1 686 760 20 57 1 895 720 -60 57 (2D,³P) ⁴D° 1 311 070 50 52 1 501 560 20 52 1 702 750 -60 52 1 914 770 -90 51 (2D, 1P) 2pe 1 343 080 -80 92 1 533 750 160 91 1734240 -180 90 1 945 620 -50 89 (2D, ¹P) 2D° [1 372 610] 96 [1 566 430] 96 [1 770 900] 95 [1 986 080] 94 The deviations AE - Eesp- Eth are taken from the generalized least-squares treatment of the whole sequence. The percentage of the leading LS component is given. Predicted energies for the (2D, 1P) 2Din levels are given in brackets. b "Level value based on eyepiece measurement; not used in least-squares fit. Table 3. Fitted Scaling Factors for the Hartree-Fock Integrals Parameter Y XI Zr XII Nb XIII Mo XIV Footnotes F²(4p4p) 0.772 ± 0.014 0.769 ± 0.013 0.733 ± 0.013 0.720 ± 0.013 . F2(3d4p) 0.987 ± 0.007 0.987 0.987 0.987 s,1 0.992 ± 0.006 0.992 0.992 0.992 6,1 G¹(3d4p) 0.983 ± 0.008 0.983 0.983 0.983 s.1 0.981 ± 0.007 0.981 0.981 0.981 6.1 G³(3d4p) 0.983 0.983 0.983 0.983 e.2 G²(3d4s) 1.012 ± 0.018 1.012 1.012 1.012 b,1 G¹(4s4p) 0.786 ± 0.001 0.789 ± 0.001 0.791 0.794 6,3 Sad 1.049 ± 0.012 1.049 1.049 1.049 s.1 1.028 ± 0.006 1.024 # 0.006 1.021 1.018 b.3 Sap 1.090 ± 0.012 1.088 ± 0.008 1.094 ± 0.007 1.095 ± 0.007 a 1.125 1 0.005 1.125 1.125 1.125 6,1 R¹(4p4p, 4a4d) 0.956 ± 0.066 0.956 0.956 0.956 e,l . GLS fit of 3d°4p2 + 3d°4s4d. b GLS fit of 3d°4s4p. 1 An equal value has been assumed for the four elements. 2 The same scaling factor has been assumed for G³(3d4p) and G¹(3d4p). 3 The scaling factors are constrained to be linearly dependent on the atomic number. in the eigenvectors, as is seen in Table 6, and also in some of if 76.928 A is used for this transition. Because of the regu- the calculated line strengths. Our names for levels having larity of δn* for the lower members of the np series (0.0192 leading percentages of less than 50% are assigned mainly for for 4p, 0.0188 for 5p, and 0.0187 for 6p), we consider 76.928 use with the classified line list. A as the best choice for 48 251/2-7p 2P3/2. The reduced in- tensity of F in Y XI is undoubtedly caused by mixing between Identification of the 3dⁿᵉ7р 1P° Term the 3dᵍ(2D)4s4p(³P) 2P³/2 and 3d¹⁰⁷P 2P³/2 states, which Comparison of the spectra in Fig. 1 shows that in Y XI line F makes unambiguous identification of the two lines diffi- is weaker relative to the other 3d¹⁰4s-3d³4s4p transitions and cult. is split into two components. The two components (76.920 In Mo XIV Curtis et al.⁸ classified lines at 53.19 ± 0.05 À and and 76.928 A) both have the excitation character of Y XI. If 53.30 ± 0.05 A as 48 2S1/2-7p 2P3/2 and 48 251/2-7p 2Pi/2 these lines are taken as transitions to the ground state, they transitions, respectively. These wavelengths agree with our would involve upper levels with effective quantum numbers present values for these lines, 53.221 ± 0.005 A and 53.335 ± n* = 6.0737 and n* - 6.0725, respectively. As the known 0.005 A. However, it is clear from isoelectronic considerations members of the 3d¹⁰np 2P³/2 series have effective quantum that most of the intensity of the 53.335-Å line is due to the numbers n*(4p) = 3.0245, n*(5p) = 4.0546, and n*(6p) = 3d¹⁰4s 4F3/2 transition. Our new value 5.0667, there is little doubt that one of these lines is 48 for the 7p 2P³/2 level, 1 878 940 cm⁻¹, is confirmed by obser- 2S1/2-7p 2P³/2. If we identify a line at 77.058 À as 4s 2S1/2-7p vation of the 4d 2D5/2-7p 2P³/2 transition at 87.717 A. 2Pi/2, we obtain a value of dn* = n*0 = 3/2)-n*(j = 1/2) of Our wavelengths for the 4s-7p transitions in Y XI, Zr XII, 0.0196 if 76.920 A is identified as 4s 2S1/2-7p 2P3/2 and 0.0184 Nb XIII, and Mo XIV are given in Table 7. The lines are noted 696 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 71, No. 6/June 1981 Wyart et al. Table 4. Fitted Parameter Values (in cm⁻¹) for the 3d4s4p and Configurations of Y XI, Zr XII, Nb XIII, and Mo XIV Configuration Parameter Y XI Zr XII Nb XIII Mo XIV 3d°4s4p A 1 339 595 1 529 988 1730788 1 241 997 G²(3d4s) 19 422 20 452 21479 22 501 F2(3d4p) 53 883 57 598 61 268 64899 G¹(3d4p) 17 428 18610 19779 20935 G³(3d4p) 17362° 18 605° 19832° 21046° G¹(4s4p) 93 059 98 402 103 703 108 974 Sad 6 959 8 103 9376 10 787 Sap 13 128 15 770 18741 22 068 3d°4p2 A 1 565 492 1774993 1 994 607 2 225 502 F2(3d4p) 53 462 57 155 60 803 64413 G¹(3d4p) 17 404 18 590 19763 20 924 G³(3d4p) 17 013 18 236 19444 20 639 F2(4p4p) 69 351 72 864 73 041 75 265 α(4p4p) -1017 -1017 -1017 -1017 53d 7 107 8 302 9638 11 125 Sap 12684 15 214 18 184 21435 Configuration R¹(4p4p, 4s4d) 105 857 112 338 118 640 124 790 Interaction Fixed at HF value. Table 5. Hartree-Fock Integrals (in cm⁻¹) for the configurations 3d 4s4p, 3d³4p², and 3d 4s4d of Y XI, Zr XII, Nb XIII, and Mo XIV Configuration Integral Y XI Zr XII Nb XIII Mo XIV 3d94s4p Esv 1326636 1 519 359 1724419 1 937 001 G²(3d4s) 19 184 20 202 21216 22 226 F2(3d4p) 54 307 58 052 61751 65 410 G¹(3d4p) 17764 18 969 20 160 21 339 G³(3d4p) 17 362 18 605 19 832 21 046 G¹(4s4p) 118 392 124 758 131 028 137 217 53d 6770 7 909 9183 10 600 Sap 11 668 14 015 16 657 19613 3d°4p2 Esv 1 525 782 1 733 589 1 953 431 2 181 418 F2(3d4p) 54 193 57 937 61635 65 294 G¹(3d4p) 17698 18 904 20 097 21 277 G³(3d4p) 17 300 18 544 19772 20 987 F2(4p4p) 89810 94775 99 675 104 519 Sad 6772 7911 9184 10 601 Sep 11 640 13 985 16 624 19 579 3d°4s4d E₈v 1 643 121 1 862 502 2 093 871 2 332 554 F2(3d4d) 46 395 50 995 55 546 60 053 F4(3d4d) 21681 24 038 26379 28 705 G°(3d4d) 15 728 17215 18673 20 105 G²(3d4d) 18 298 20210 22 099 23 966 G4(3d4d) 13 497 15 457 16 954 18 438 G²(3d4s) 19 224 20 230 21 234 22 235 G²(4s4d) 80 820 86671 92 274 97 663 53d 6780 7 920 9 193 10 610 5rd 1147 1 435 1766 2146 Configuration R¹(4p4p, 4s4d) 110744 117 524 124 116 130 550 Interaction as a and B in Fig. 1. The 7p energy levels are given in Table 3d⁹4s²4p 1Pi and ³Dᵢ levels of Y X, Zr XI, and Nb XII are given 8. in Table 9. Our new measurements for these transitions in Mo XIII are also given here. The 3d-Ap Transitions in Zn-like and Ni-like Ions transition, expected to be weak, has not been observed. The remaining satellite lines are the 3d104s2-3d84s24p tran- Our measurements for the 3d¹⁰-3d⁹₄p resonance lines of sitions in the Zn-like ions. Our identifications for the the Ni-like ions Y XII, Zr XIII, Nb XIV, and Mo XV are given in Wyart et al. Vol. 71, No. 6/June 1981/J. Opt. Soc. Am. 697 Table 6. Experimental Levels of 3d°4p2 a YXI Zr XII Nb XIII Mo XIV Per- Per- Per- Per- J Designation E (cm⁻¹) ДЕ cent E (cm⁻¹) ДЕ cent E (cm⁻¹) ДЕ cent E (cm⁻¹) ДЕ cent 1/2 (2D, ¹D) 1 499 890 150 57 1704070 -160 57 1 918 750 180 59 2143950 40 59 (2D,3P)4D 1 506 550 -160 79 1 712 880 0 79 [1 929 750] 81 [2 157 680] 81 (2D,1D) ²P 1 516 750? 62 1 724 700? 62 [1 942 150] 62 [2 171 190] 62 (2D,³P) ²P 1 534 050 100 86 1742110 160 86 1 960 760 -10 87 2 190 700 80 88 (2D,³P)⁴P [1 541 140] 83 1 751 810 -30 81 [1 973 850] 80 [2 207 330] 78 3/2 (2D,³P)⁴D 1 495 570? 69 1 699 310 70 67 [1 913 240] 64 [2 137 880] 62 (2D,1D) ²P 1 500 720? 66 1 704 740? 65 1 918 760? 64 2 143 940? 63 (2D,³P)2D 1 512 840 -60 42b 1 717 720 -20 46 1 932 740 70 49 2 158 460 270 51 (2D,3P) 4F 1 519 020 50 36ᶜ 1 725 880 40 40 1943180 -320 44 2 171 600 -500 46 (2D,1D) 2D 1 524 990 -40 56 1732710 -20 55 1 950 830 -30 55 2 180 320 0 54 (2D,³P)2P 1 536 320 -120 24d 1745170 -150 57 1 964 340 -170 61 2194630 -120 62 (2D,³P)⁴P 1 538 060 270 31' [1 747 680] 46 1969260 160 45 [2 202 130] 43 (2D, 1S) 2D [1 577 960] 86 [1 790 120] 84 [2 011 970] 82 [2 246 300] 80 5/2 (2D, 3P) [1 484 890] 52 [1 685 980] 48 [1 896 670] 45 [2 117 650] 42 (2D,³P)2F [1 503 800] 53 [1 707 860] 53 [1 922 230] 51 [2 147 280] 50 (2D,³P)⁴P [1 506 180] 38 [1 710 790] 41 [1 925 540] 43 [2 151 050] 45 (2D,³P) ⁴F [1 520 030] 28/ 1 727 180 150 32 1 944 890 110 35 [2 173 560] 39 (2D,¹D) ²F [1 522 800] 23ª [1 730 340] 25h [1948520] 28 [2 177 840] 31 (2D,3P)2D 1 532 560 -50 54 1 740 950 -40 53 1 960 070 140 52 2 190 210 110 51 (2D,¹D) ²F 1 542 590 -100 58 1753410 -20 56 1 974 930 60 51 2 208 210 380 47 (2D, 1S) 2D 1 561 470 40 83 1 770 980 110 80 1989710 -100 76 2220830 -160 71 The deviations AE - Eesp Eth are taken from the generalized least-squares treatment of the whole sequence. Predicted energies for unknown levels are given in brackets. The designations are given in LS coupling with parent term of 4p2 in parentheses. The percentages of the leading eigenvector components are also given. Leading component, (1P) F, 49%. . Leading component, (P) 2D, 40%. of Leading component, ('D) 2P, 26%. Leading component, (3P) 2P, 47%. 1 Leading component, (³P) 4P, 30%. . Leading component, ($P) 4F. 29%. A Leading component, (3P) 4F, 26%. Table 7. 3d¹⁰⁴s-3d¹⁰⁷p Transitions in Y XI, Zr XII, Table 8. Energy Levels (in cm⁻¹) of the 3d¹⁰⁷, Nb XIII, and Mo XIV Configurations of Y XI, Zr XII, Nb XIII, and Mo XIVa Transition Code Y XI Zr XII Nb XIII Mo XIV Designation Y XI Zr XII Nb XIII Mo XIV 3d¹⁰4s 2S₁/₂- a 76.931 67.440 59.666 53.228 3d¹⁰⁷ₚ 1 297 620 (1 479 820) 1 672 440 (1 874 730) 3d¹⁰⁷P 2Pi/2 3d¹⁰7p²P³₂ 1299870 1 482 800 1676000 1 878 710 3d¹⁰4s 2S1/2- B 77.064 67.576° 57.793 53.341ᵇ 3d¹⁰⁷P 2Pin The values in parentheses are derived from blended lines. . Blended with 3d¹⁰4s (2D, 3P) 3Dir. b Blended with 3d¹⁰⁴s 251/2-3d*4s4p (2D, sp) Fin. Table 9. 3d-4p Transitions in Ni-like and Zn-like Ions X(A) Int. A(A) Int. X(A) Int. A(A) Int. Transition Y XII 2r XIII Nb XIV Mo XV 3d¹⁰ 1So-3d⁹⁴p 3Di 72.103 80 63.234 100 55.963 100 49.914 100 1Pi 72.734 100 63.828 150 56.523 150 50.448 150 spi 73.588 5 64.538 5 57.119 5 50.956 5 Yx Zr XI Nb XII Mo XIII 3d¹⁰4s2 1So-3d*4s²4p 78.706 10 68.562 5 60.332 10 53.551 10 1Pi 79.338° 100 69.161 15 60.902 20 54.101 20 Blended with 3p⁶3d⁸ 1G4-3pᵇ3d° 1F3 transition of Y XIV. 698 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 71, No. 6/June 1981 Wyart et al. Table 9. For some lines they differ significantly from the The improved values for Nb XIII are: earlier values of Alexander et al.9 Our assignment of the line at 73.588 A as 3d¹⁰ ¹S₀-3d⁹₄p 3Pi in Y XII represents a revised 58.367 (8) 58.893 (5) 59.295 (40) 59.984 (5) line identification from that given in Ref. 9. 58.391 (20) 58.917 (3) 59.623 (20) 60.397 (10) 58.413 (10) 59.024 (5w) 59.836 (2) J.-F. Wyart wishes to acknowledge the support of his stay 58.735 (10) 59.223 (20) 59.733 (5) at NBS by a NATO grant. A. Ryabtsev would like to thank W. C. Martin for generous hospitality in making possible his REFERENCES stay as a guest worker at NBS. This work was supported in part by the Office of Magnetic Fusion Energy of the U.S. 1. J. Reader, G. Luther and N. Acquista, "Spectrum and energy levels Department of Energy. of thirteen-times ionized molybdenum (Mo XIV)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. * NBS Guest Worker, on leave from Laboratoire Aime 69, 144-149 (1979). 2. J. Reader and N. Acquista, "Spectrum and energy levels of Cotton, CNRS, France. eleven-times ionized zirconium (Zr XII)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69, + NBS Guest Worker; permanent address, USSR Academy 1659-1662 (1979). of Sciences, Institute for Spectroscopy, Troitsk, Moscow 3. J. Reader and N. Acquista, "Spectrum and energy levels of ten- Region, 142092, USSR. times ionized yttrium (Y XI)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69, 1285-1288 (1979). 4. J. Reader and N. Acquista, "Spectrum and energy levels of twelve-times ionized niobium (Nb XIII)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 70, 317-321 (1980). Note added in proof: Recent measurements in second and 5. P. G. Burkhalter, J. Reader, and R. D. Cowan, "Spectra of Mo XIII-XVIII from a laser-produced plasma and a low-inductance third orders have indicated systematic shifts in our wavelenths vacuum spark," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 70, 912-919 (1980). for Zr XII and Nb XIII. The improved values for Zr XII (in A) 6. J. Reader and A. 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Ryabtsev* and Joseph Reader National Bureau of Standards, Washington. D.C. 20234 Received December 19, 1981 Spectra of the cobaltlike ions Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI have been observed by means of a low-in- ductance vacuum spark and a 10.7-m grazing-incidence spectrograph in the region 40-95 A. For Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI more than 40 transitions of the type 3d⁹-3d⁸₄p were identified in each ion. For Sr XII about 20 such transitions were identified. The identifications were made with the aid of Hartree-Fock and least-squares parametric calculations. New wavelengths were obtained for the 3p63d9-3p⁸3d¹⁰ transitions in these ions. The previous analysis of Mo XVI was partially revised and extended. The spectra of atoms of highly ionized molybdenum have Burkhalter et al.⁷ Our present work further revises these been of increased interest lately because of their use in con- identifications and extends the number to 43. nection with tokamak fusion research. Spectra of the co- baltlike ion Mo XVI have been observed in the TFR tokamak EXPERIMENT in France¹ as well as in the DITE tokamak in England.² Current studies also indicate the likely use of niobium and The measurements were taken from spectrograms made in zirconium in future reactors. It is thus important to obtain connection with a recent investigation⁹ of the spectra of the well-established line identifications for highly ionized atoms ironlike ions Sr XIII-Mo XVII. The spectra were made on the of these elements. In the present paper we report line iden- 10.7-m grazing-incidence spectrograph at the National Bureau tifications and energy levels for the isoelectronic sequence of of Standards (NBS). The grating had 1200 lines/mm. The cobaltlike ions Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI. angle of incidence used for Y, Zr, Nb, and Mo was 85°. This Ions of the Co I isoelectronic sequence have the ground resulted in a plate factor of 0.12 A/mm at 60 A. The spectrum configuration 3p⁶3d⁹. The first excited configuration is of Sr was photographed at an angle of incidence of 80°. The 3p⁵3d¹⁰, which gives rise to three strong resonance transitions plate factor was 0.17 A/mm. The spectra were excited by at relatively long wavelengths (70 À in Mo XVI). The next means of a low-inductance vacuum spark operating at a ca- excited odd configuration is 3p⁶3d⁸⁴p, which gives rise to a pacitance of 14 µF and a voltage of 10 kV. complex group of resonance lines at somewhat shorter wave- One set of plates was measured with the aid of a semiauto- lengths (45 A in Mo XVI). matic comparator at the Institute for Spectroscopy in Mos- The 3p63d9-3p⁸³d¹⁰ transitions of Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, cow.¹⁰ Wavelengths were calculated by using a computer and Mo XVI were first observed by Edlén,³ although no code that provided an approximation of the plate-correction wavelength measurements were reported. Edlén's prelimi- curve by a cubic polynomial. Secondary standards of wave- nary wavelengths for these ions can be inferred from the data length were obtained by measurements of lines in the second in Table 27 of his review monograph4; for Sr XII, Y XIII, and order relative to impurity lines of oxygen and fluorine as well Zr XIV, the wavelengths may also be inferred from the level as lines of Y-Mo in various stages of ionization. 9,11-14 A values given in Atomic Energy Levels. In 1971, Alexander second set of plates was measured at NBS. For this set all et al.⁶ reported measurements for the 3p63d9-3p53d10 tran- lines were measured in the second order. Averages of the sitions of Y XIII-Mo XVI. New wavelengths for these tran- wavelengths from the two sets were used for the finally sitions in Mo XVI were given in 1980 by Burkhalter et al.⁷ adopted values. Wavelengths for the same transitions in Sr XII were given Intensities for the observed lines of Y-Mo were derived in recently by Acquista and Reader.⁸ Moscow from densitometer recordings of the spectrograms The 3d⁹-3d⁸4p transitions of Sr XII and Y XIII were first by use of an estimated characteristic curve to represent the observed by Edlén. The transition groups are indicated on response of the photographic plate. For Sr XII the intensities the spectrograms in Fig. 2 of Ref. 3 and in Fig. 49 of Ref. 4. No were visually estimated from the photographic blackening. wavelengths were given. Alexander et al.⁶ published wave- The intensity of the 3d9 ²D₅/₂-3d⁸(³F)4p 2F7/2 transition in lengths with no identifications for about 25 lines of this group each spectrum was given a value of 1000. in each of the ions from Y XIII to Mo XVI. Mansfield et al.² The wavelengths, intensities, and classifications of the used a laser-produced plasma to observe this group in Mo XVI. 3d⁹-3d⁸₄p transitions are given in Table 1. The uncertainty They reported identifications for 25 lines. These identifi- of the wavelengths is estimated as ±0.005 A. The present cations were revised and extended to a total of 38 lines by values for the 3p63d9-3p53d10 transitions are given in Table 30 A. Ryabtsev and J. Reader Vol. 72, No. 6/June 1982/J. Opt. Soc. Am. 711 Table 1. 3d"-3d⁶₄p Transitions in Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI Sr XII Y XIII Zr XIV Nb XV Mo XVI Transition 1 (A) Int. 1 (A) Int. A (A) Int. Int.° 1 (A) Int. A (A) Int. 2Ds/2-(IS) 2P3/2 60.662 20 53.847 90 116 48.138 80 43.324b 60 ²Da/2-(1S) 61.303 10 54.437 20 33 48.685 30 43.837b 30 ²Da/2-(1S) 62.111 30 55.190 100 130 49.399 160 44.509b 100 2D5/2-(¹G) 2G7/2 63.408 90 56.141 170 177 50.091 120 45.000h 220 2Ds/2-(3P) 63.964 30 56.585 110 104 50.451 110 45.290h 60 2D5/2-(1D) 2F7/2 64.012 60 56.597 110 44 50.435 80 45.250 30 2Ds/2-(3P) 2Ds/2 64.112 10 56.706 10 14 2D3/2-(3P) 64.272 200 56.879 260 664 50.732 250 45.553b 300 2Ds/2-(3P) 73.329 50 64.279 250 56.854 270 459 50.678 170 45.483b 220 2D₅/2⁻(³P) 4D5/2 64.469 90 56.986 220 226 50.770 240 45.545 250 2D5/2(1) 73.679 150 64.555 200 57.083 290 628 50.877 400 45.659h 300 2D3/2-(1G) 2Fs/2 73.631 250 64.569 600 57.138 700 1177 50.958 850 45.756b 700 ²D₃/₂-(³P) 64.646 40 57.230 380ᶜ 200 51.055 280ᶜ 45.867 150 ²D₃/₂-(³P) 64.677 40 57.230 380ᶜ 92 51.055 280 45.853ᵇ 170 2Ds/2-(3P) 4D7/2 73.772 500 64.691 600 57.241 800 659 51.038 650 45.809h 500 2D₃/²⁻(³P) 2Ds/2 73.932 50 64.825 200 57.360 320 340 51.155 450 45.938b 500 2Ds/T-(3P) 4D3/2 64.851 10 17 2D₅/2⁻(¹D) 2Ds/2 74.074 150 64.906 250 57.393 290 269 51.147 200 45.887ᵈ 200 ²D₃/₂-(³P) 74.129 100 65.003 250 57.513 450 453 51.286 700c 46.043ᵇ 1000s 2F7/2 74.208 500 65.013 700 57.494 1000 1337 51.257 1300 46.024b 1600 2Ds/2-('D) 2D3/2 65.047 150 57.526 450 700 51.286 700Γ 46.043ᵇ 1000° ²D₃/?-(³P) 4D3/2 74.405 100 65.194 60 57.647 180 177 51.380 220 46.113ᵇ 300 2D3/2-(1D) 2P3/2 65.278 20 57.748 40 136 51.490 140 46.229ᵇ 220 ²D₆/2⁻(¹D) 2Fs/2 65.304 90 57.715 260 242 51.419 400 46.131h 600 2Ds/2-(3F) 2D3/2 65.500 40 57.851 90 120 51.516 50 46.197 110 2D₅/2⁻(³F) 2F5/2 74.855 500 65.522 600 57.905 800 929 51.592 700 46.291b 650 ²D₃/₂-(³P) 4D3/2 74.795 50 65.584 250 58.036 900 671 51.763 900 46.478h 1000ᶜ 2D3/2-(1D) 2D5/2 65.641 100 58.064 380 254 51.763 900c 46.463ᵇ 440 ²D₃/²⁻(¹D) 65.667 30 2 2D₃/?-(³P) 4D₁/₂ 58.095 190 91 51.828 140 46.573₫ 750 2D5/T-(3F) 2G7/2 65.710 120 58.036 900° 155 51.682 300 46.352b 450 2D3/2-(1D) 2D3/2 75.056 250 65.785 400 58.201 500 637 51.908 400 46.623h 250 2Ds/r-(3P) 75.127 500 65.823 650 58.209 1000 706 51.889 700 46.573ᵈ 750° 4F7/2 75.294 250 65.847 350 58.134 500 199 51.745 350 46.378ᵇ 260 2Ds/s(³P) 4P3/2 65.939 10 58.284 70 19 51.935 80 46.592d 80 2Ds/T(3F) 4F3/2 75.427 250 65.970 150 58.247 350 158 51.849 250 46.478b 1000c 2Da/2-(1D) 2F3/2 75.400 100 66.046 40 58.395 60 77 52.045 90 46.712b 130 ²Da/2-(3F) 75.687 500 66.247 250 58.534 300 255 52.145 150 46.781b 120 2D₃/2⁻(³F) 2Fs/2 66.271 100 58.588 180 197 52.228 1200ᶜ 46.877 150 2Ds/2-(3F) 2Dr/2 75.876 1000 66.390 1000 58.645 1000 1000 52.228 1200 46.841ᵇ 900 2Ds/2-(3F) 2F7/2 75.955 1000 66.449 1000 58.688 1000 491 52.258 1000 46.859 1000 ²D₃/₂-(³P) 58.844 35 3 ²D₃/₂-(³P) 4P5/2 66.580 40 58.902 120 114 52.527 100 47.165b 170 ²D₃/²²³P) 4P3/2 66.696 40 58.978 130 69 52.573 120 47.186d 140 ²D₃/2⁻(³F) 4F3/2 76.262 50 66.728 100 58.939 160 67 52.486 140 47.068ᵇ 90 2D₃/2-(³F) 4F3/2 66.845 10 59.680 40 23 ²Ds/2-(3F) 4G5/2 66.914 70 59.126 190 55 52.676 190 47.262ᵈ 180 ²Dыт-(³F) 4G7/2 67.074 10 59.237 40 8 52.750 80 47.302 20 2Ds/2-(3F) 4D₅/2 67.234 20 59.360 50 12 52.846 110 47.382 30 ²Da/2-(3F) 4D3/2 67.335 20 59.482 15 14 ²Da/2-(³F) 4F3/2 67.627 110 59.790 210 74 53.309 160 47.871ᵈ 150 2Da/2-(3F) 4G5/2 67.692 10 59.836 30 5 2Ds/2-(3F) 4D7/2 67.973 15 60.038 90 11 53.471 130 47.959ᵈ 90 Calculated from fitted values of energy parameters. 6 Present value for line given by Burkhalter et al., Ref. 7. . Doubly classified. Present value for line given by Burkhalter et al., Ref. 7, revised classification. 2, along with the values previously reported. The present SPECTRUM ANALYSIS values for Sr XII are not compared with those of Ref. 8 because the measurements were taken from the same exposures and The observations were interpreted by comparing the observed thus differ only slightly. spectra with calculated wavelengths and intensities of the five 31 712 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 72, No. 6/June 1982 A. Ryabtsev and J. Reader Table 2. 3p⁶3d³-3p53d10 Transitions in Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI Sr XII Y XIII Zr XIV Nb XV Mo XVI Transition 1 (A)a À (A)a 1 (A)b X(A)* 1 (A)b À (A) 1 (A)b 1 (A)e A (A)b A (A) 3p⁶3d⁹ 2D3/2-3p53d10 2P₁/₂ 86.413 81.610 81.604 77.249 77.245 73.273 73.315 69.596 69.580 69.589 2D5/2 2P3/2 92.029 87.394 87.382 83.196 83.181 79.374 79.357 75.869 75.861 75.863 2D3/2" 2P3/2 93.288 88.731 88.716 84.612 84.602 80.871 80.845 77.456 77.450 77.450 This work. Alexander et al., Ref. 6. Burkhalter et al., Ref. 7. Table 3. Energy Levels (in cm⁻¹) of Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVIa Configuration Term J Sr XII Y XIII Zr XIV Nb XV Mo XVI 3p⁶3d⁹ 2D 5/2 0 0 0 0 0 3/2 14 660 17 230 20 140 23 380 27 020 3p53d¹⁰ 2p 3/2 1 086 610 1144240 1 201 990 1 259 890 1 318 070 1/2 1 171 890 1 242 570 1 314 660 1 388 140 1 463 880 3p63d84p (³F)⁴D 7/2 (1 287 050) 1 471 170 1 665 610 1870170 2085110 (³F)⁴G 9/2 (1 294 130) (1 478 120) (1 672 850) (1 877 670) (2092710) (³F)⁴D 5/2 (1 300 810) 1 487 340 1 684 640 1 892 290 2 110 510 (³F)⁴G 7/2 (1 304 500) 1 490 890 1 688 130 1895730 2 114 080 (³F)⁴G 5/2 (1 308 000) 1 494 480 1 691 340 1 898 400 2 115 860 (³F)⁴G 11/2 (1 307 760) (1495300) (1 693 740) (1903070) (2 123 170) (³F)⁴F 3/2 (1 309 240) 1.495 960 1 692 640 1 899 240 2 115 970 (³F)⁴D 3/2 (1 314 560) 1 502 340 1 701 320 (1 910 980) (2 131 480) (³F)⁴F 9/2 (1 314 230) (1 502 500) (1701410) (1911 100) (2 131 540) (³F)²F 7/2 1 316 570 1 504 910 1 703 930 1 913 580 2 134 060 (³F)⁴D 1/2 (1 316 930) (1 505 990) (1 706 010) (1 916 450) (2137580) (³F)2D 5/2 1 317 940 1 506 250 1 705 180 1914680 2134880 (³F)²G 9/2 (1 324 150) (1 513 830) (1 715 100) (1 927 290) (2150740) (³F)⁴F 5/2 1 325 860 1 515 840 1 716 820 192860 2 151 610 (³P)⁴P 3/2 (1 327 960) 1 516 560 1 715 720 1 925 490 2146290 (³F)⁴F 7/2 1 328 130 1 518 670 1 720 160 1 932 550 2 156 190 (³P)⁴P 5/2 1331080 1 519 200 1 717 920 1927180 2 147 240 (³P)⁴P 1/2 (1332740) (1 520 560) 1 719 550 (1 928 850) (2148770) (³F)²G 7/2 (1 331 850) 1 521 840 1 723 070 1934910 2 157 400 (³F)²F 5/2 1 335 920 1 526 200 1 726 970 1938290 2 160 260 (³F)2D 3/2 1 335 890 1 526 720 1 728 560 1941 120 2 164 640 (¹D)²F 5/2 1 340 920 1 531 320 1 732 640 1 944 800 2 167 770 (¹D)²D 3/2 1 347 000 1 537 340 1738330 1949870 2 171 880 (¹G)²F 7/2 1 347 560 1 538 150 1739310 1 950 950 2 172 780 ('D)2P 1/2 (1 348 800) 1 540 060 (1742530) (1955360) (2 179 420) (¹G)²H 9/2 (1 352 680) (1 540 680) (1740350) (1 950 390) (2170640) (1D)2D 5/2 1 350 000 1 540 680 1742380 1 955 150 2 179 270 (³P) D 1/2 (1 351 070) (1 541 330) 1741460 1952840 2174190 (³P) D 3/2 1 351 650 1 542 000 1743210 1 955 260 2 178 580 (³P)⁴D 7/2 1 355 530 1 545 810 1 747 000 1959320 2 182 980 (1D)²P 3/2 1 357 240 1 549 100 1 751 820 1 965 510 2190160 (³P)⁺D 5/2 1 358 660 1 551 120 1 754 830 1 969 660 2195620 (³P)²P 3/2 1 363 690 1 555 670 1 758 880 1973240 2198620 (³P)2D 5/2 1 367 250 1 559 800 1 763 500 1978220 2 203 870 (¹G)²H 11/2 (1 368 780) (1 560 220) (1763660) (1978120) (2 203 340) (1D)²F 7/2 (1368940) 1 562 210 1766880 1982750 2 209 940 (³P)2D 3/2 (1 370 640) 1 563 380 1 767 250 1982120 2 207 940 (³P)²S 1/2 (1 371 270) 1 564 120 1 767 480 1982050 2 207 240 (1G) ²F 5/2 1 372 780 1 565 960 1770290 1985780 2 212 530 (³P)⁴S 3/2 (1 375 020) (1 568 520) (1772530) (1987640) (2 213 610) (³P)²P 1/2 (1 378 010) 1 573 120 1778260 1 994 520 2 222 270 (1G)2G 7/2 (1383560) 1 577 090 1781230 1996370 2 222 220 ('G)2G 9/2 (1 385 820) (1579410) (1 783 860) (1999340) (225390) (1S)2P 1/2 (1 429 980) 1 627 250 1 832 060 2047710 2 273 760 (1S)2P 3/2 (1 447 620) 1 648 480 1857120 2 077 400 2 308 200 Values for unobserved levels, given in parentheses, are those calculated with the fitted values of the energy parameters. 32 A. Ryabtsev and J. Reader Vol. 72, No. 6/June 1982/J. Opt. Soc. Am. 713 ions. The calculations were made with a set of computer Table 6. Energy Parameters and Mean Errors A (in codes developed by the Institute of Physics of the Lithuanian cm⁻¹) for the 3d⁸₄p Configurations of Sr XII, Y XIII, Academy of Sciences. 15,16 The radial integrals were first Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI computed by a Hartree-Fock (HF) calculation and then scaled Param- by factors obtained by extrapolation along the Co I isoelec- Ion eter HF Fitted Fitted/HF tronic sequence. 17,18 Although the observed spectra are complex and blended in Sr XII Eav 1 356 870 1 340 470 ± 130 some regions, the predicted isoelectronic trends yielded un- F²(3d3d) 214 010 192 820 ± 910 0.901 ± 0.004 F4(3d3d) 136 318 116 630 ± 3480 0.856 ± 0.026 α₁(3d3d) 107 ± 40 1860 F2(3d4p) 55 593 54 830 ± 930 0.986 ± 0.017 G¹(3d4p) 18 218 7740 ± 340 0.974 ± 0.019 Zr XIV G³(3d4p) 17 886 20 560 ± 2040 1.150 ± 0.114 13812P 4p α(3d4p) 69 ± 56 S3d 6088 6 180 ± 90 1.015 ± 0.015 Sap 11 329 12 540 ± 230 1.107 ± 0.020 A 200 Y XIII Eav 1 551 260 1 530 440 ± 70 11612a 1780 13p12p (3P1"s F²(3d3d) 224 667 204 370 : ± 610 0.910 ± 0.003 (1012F 13P128 11012 F4(3d3d) 143 263 130 100 ± 520 0.908 ± 0.004 (3PI2D 1°012'M a,(3d3d) 71 ± 24 F²(3d4p) 59275 60 220 ± 530 1.016 ± 0.009 ENERGY (1000 (1012P 13P14D G¹(3d4p) 19 399 19 210 ± 230 0.990 ± 0.012 11012D G³(3d4p) 19 106 20 800 ± 1090 1.089 ± 0.057 13F120 13P/4P α(3d4p) 32 ± 22 137120 S3d 7 144 7180 ± 70 1.005 ± 0.010 13F1°D 13F14F S4P 13 586 15 150 ± 120 1.115 ± 0.009 1700 (3F12g 1271°C A 240 Zr XIV E.v 1 755 480 1731230± 60 F²(3d3d) 235 264 214 890 ± 580 0.913 ± 0.002 F4(3d3d) 150 169 136 350 ± 480 0.908 ± 0.003 a₁(3d3d) 76 ± 24 1/2 3/2 5/2 7/2 5/2 11/2 J-VALUE F²(3d4p) 62 917 63 970 ± 450 1.017 ± 0.007 G¹(3d4p) 20 569 20 360 : ± 220 0.990 ± 0.011 Fig. 1. Structure of the 3d⁸4p configuration of Zr XIV. The calcu- lated positions of unobserved levels are shown as dashed lines. G³(3d4p) 20312 150 ± 1170 1.090 ± 0.058 α(3d4p) 34 ± 23 S3d 8 328 8410 ± 70 1.010 ± 0.008 Table 4. Spin-Orbit Parameters 53d (in cm⁻¹) for the S4P 16 127 17910 ± 110 1.111 ± 0.007 3p⁶3d⁹ Configurations of Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, A 240 and Mo XVI Nb XV Eav 1972210 1 942 790 ± 70 Ion HF Obs. Obs./HF F²(3d3d) 245 805 226 020 ± 740 0.920 ± 0.003 F4(3d3d) 157 039 143 220 ± 610 0.912 ± 0.004 Sr XII 5 836 5 864 1.005 a₁(3d3d) 66 ± 28 Y XIII 6863 6892 1.004 F²(3d4p) 66 526 67 860 ± 640 1.020 ± 0.010 Zr XIV 8016 8056 1.005 G¹(3d4p) 21 729 21 630 ± 260 0.995 ± 0.012 Nb XV 9 304 9352 1.005 G³(3d4p) 21 507 22 950 ± 1490 1.067 ± 0.069 Mo XVI 10737 10 808 1.007 α(3d4p) 45 ± 27 53d 9650 9690 ± 70 1.004 ± 0.007 S4P 18974 21 120 ± 130 1.113 ± 0.007 A 270 Table 5. Energy Parameters (in cm⁻¹) for the 3p⁵3d¹⁰ Configurations of Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI Eav 2 198 910 2 165 110 ± 80 Mo XVI F2(3d3d) 256 302 235 430 ± 760 0.919 ± 0.003 F4(3d3d) 163 880 149 560 ± 650 0.913 ± 0.004 Ion Parameter HF Obs. Obs./HF a₁(3d3d) 51 ± 27 F²(3d4p) 70106 71 150 ± 660 1.015 ± 0.009 Sr XII Eav 1 100 410 1 115 040 G¹(3d4p) 22879 22 810 ± 250 0.997 ± 0.011 53p 54 326 56853 1.0465 G³(3d4p) 22 692 23 710 ± 1550 1.045 ± 0.068 Y XIII E&v 1 155 130 1 177 020 a(3d4p) 51 ± 27 Sap 62 188 65 553 1.0541 Sad 11 119 11 180 ± 70 1.005 ± 0.006 Zr XIV Eav 1 209 140 1 239 550 540 22 150 24 690 ± 130 1.115 ± 0.006 Sap 70877 75113 1.0598 A 270 Nb XV Eav 1 264 360 1 302 640 53p 80 448 85 500 1.0628 ambiguous classifications for all the identified lines. The Mo XVI Eav 1 317 920 1 366 670 identifications were greatly facilitated by the fact that the Sap 90958 97 207 1.0687 3d⁹-3d⁸⁴p group is well isolated from lines of other ionization 714 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 72, No. 6/June 1982 A. Ryabtsev and J. Reader stages. The identifications are supported by repetititon of ±200 cm⁻¹. The relative values within 3d⁸₄p are uncertain the 3d9 2D fine-structure interval in the measurements. by about ±100 cm⁻¹. The 3d° intervals were derived from Nearly all 3d⁸₄p levels with J = 3/2 or J = 5/2 have observed all observed pairs, with double weight given to the 3p⁶3d⁹ transitions to both of the 3d9 2D levels. 2D₅/2,3/2-3p⁵³ᵈ¹⁰ 2P3/2 pair because of its longer wave- In general, the observed intensities compare well with the length. calculated values. As an example, the calculated values for The structure of the 3d⁸₄p configuration of Zr XIV is shown Zr XIV are shown following the observed intensities in Table in Fig. 1. Although the levels are designated in the LS-cou- 1. The scale for the calculated values was obtained by setting pling scheme, the coupling is far from pure. In Table 3 we the intensity of the 3d9 ²D₅/2-3d⁸(³F)4p 2D3/2 transition equal have given common designations to levels that derive from to its observed value. specific spectral lines that can be traced through the isoelec- The energy levels derived from the wavelength measure- tronic sequence. However, because the coupling changes ments are given in Table 3. The uncertainty of the values of along the sequence, for some levels it is not possible to adopt the 3d⁸₄p levels relative to the ground term is approximately an LS name that corresponds to the major eigenvector com- Table 7. Percentage Compositions for the 3dᵃp Configurations of Sr XII, Zr XIV, and Mo XVI J Term Percent Jj Percentage Composition (LS) 1/2 (³F)4D 73, 62, 48% (3F2, 3/2) 74, 62, 48% (³F)4D + 19, 25, 30% (3P)4D + 6, 8, 11% (¹D)²P (3P)⁴P 62, 66, 72% (³P₁, 1/2) 86, 84% (3P)+P + 5, 4, 2% (1D)2P + 2, 3, 5% (3P)4D (³P)⁺D 61, 51, 51% (³P₀, 1/2) 69, 48, 50% (³P)⁴D + 12, 31, 26% (³F)⁴D + 11, 0, 12% (¹D)²P (1D)2P 42, 47, 32% (1D2, 3/2) 42, 47, 32% (¹D)²P + 32, 19, 31% (3P)2P + 11, 2, 17% (3F)4D (³P)²S 66, 66, 68% (3P1, 3/2) 57, 61, 61% (³P)²S + 27, 22, 19% (3P)2P + 6, 7, 8% (3P)4D (3P)2P 60, 53, 47% (3P2, 3/2) 33, 33, 34% (³P)²P + 32, 24, 19% (³P)²S + 30, 35, 38% (¹D)²P (1S)2P 93, 91, 88% (1So, 1/2) 91, 88% (1S)2P + 3, 3, 4% (1D)2P + 2, 3, 4% (3P)4D 3/2 (³F)⁴F 60, 55, 42% (3F2, 1/2) 27, 26, 20% (3F)4F + 37, 14, 6% (³F)⁴D + 10, 21, 26% (1D)2D (³F)⁴D 35, 39, 31% (3F₃, 3/2) 40, 54, 50% (³F)⁺D + 13, 20, 24% (3P)4D + 7. 10, 13% (³P)⁴P (³P)⁴P 38, 38, 30% (³P₂, 1/2) 39, 40, 33% (3P)4P + 33, 25, 19% (³F)⁴F + 14, 9. 7% (¹D)²P (³F)2D 34, 35, 23% (3F2, 3/2) 37, 27, 16% (3F)2D + 31, 41, 40% (3F)⁴F + 23, 15, 14% (³P)⁴P (1D)2D 31, 13, 2% (1D2, 1/2) 31, 20, 11% (1D)2D + 29, 22, 15% (³F)2D + 12, 22, 28% (³P)²P (³P)⁴D 66, 37, 17% (³P₁, 1/2) 50, 29, 14% (3P)4D + 6, 20, 36% (³F)2D + 6, 15, 21% (1D)2D (1D)²P 75, 57, 35% (1D2, 3/2). 61, 53, 38% (1D)2P + 19, 11, 5% (1D)2D + 3, 9, 17% (3P)2P (3P)2P 48, 34, 17% (3P2, 3/2) 65, 52, 37% (³P)²P + 10, 16, 17% (1D)2D + 10, 13, 15% (3P)4D (³P)2D 50, 45, 33% (³P₀, 3/2) 74, 69% (³P)2D + 12, 12, 9% (3P)4D + 3, 4, 5% (1S)2P (3P)4S 47, 47, 47% (3P1, 3/2) 87, 82, 75% (3P)4S + 4, 5, 8% (³P)²P + 3, 4, 3% (3P)⁴P (1S)2P 95, 93, 91% (1S₀, 3/2) 93, 91% (1S)2P + 2, 2, 2% (1D)²P + 1, 2, 2% (³P)2D 5/2 (³F)4D 59, 60, 56% (3F₃, 1/2) 66, 60% (³F)+D + 17, 19, 18% (3F) F + 7, 8, 9% (³P)4D (³F)⁴G 62, 55, 43% (3F2, 1/2) 64, 56, 46% (³F)⁴G + 11, 15, 19% (1D)2F + 9, 9, 12% (SF)⁴F (³F)2D 30, 29, 25% (3F₄, 3/2) 46, 41% (3F)2D + 18, 22, 26% (3F)4G + 16, 11, 7% (3F) F (3F)⁴F 65, 69, 66% (3F₃, 3/2) 37, 35, 33% (³F)⁴F + 21, 19, 16% (³F)²F + 14, 19, 19% (³F)⁴D (3P)4P 28, 31, 29% (3P2, 1/2) 31, 27, 20% (3P)+P + 22, 29, 32% (³F)2D + 14, 11, 10% (1D)²F (³F)²F 48, 33, 21% (3F2, 3/2) 54, 43, 36% (³F)²F + 15, 17, 15% (¹D)²F + 6, 13, 18% (1D)2D (1D)2F 31, 31, 34% (1D2, 1/2) 35, 26, 22% (1D)2F + 45, 38, 28% (³P)⁴P + 8, 11, 13% (3F)4G (1D)2D 9, 17, 25% (3P2, 3/2) 21, 9% (1D)2D + 29, 29, 24% (³P)2D + 11, 18, 26% (³F)²F (3P)4D 32, 33, 28% (1D₂, 3/2) 24, 17, 14% (³P)⁴D + 23, 27, 24% (1D)2D + 14, 22, 30% (1G)²F (3P)2D 55, 56, 57% (3P1, 3/2) 46, 40, 36% (³P)2D + 36, 38, 40% (3P)4D + 13, 16, 18% (¹G)²F (1G)²F 63, 53, 43% (¹G₄, 3/2) 63, 53, 43% (1G)2F + 7, 11, 16% (1D)2D + 10, 11, 11% (1D)2F 7/2 (³F)⁴D 87, 89, 91% (3Fs, 1/2) 77, 73, 69% (3F)4D + 13, 15, 16% (³F)⁴F + 5, 6, 8% (³F)²F (SF)4G 87, 89, 91% (3F3, 1/2) 68, 66, 65% (³F)⁴G + 13, 14, 15% (3F)2G + 14, 12, 12% (³F)⁴F (3F)2F 67, 74, 79% (3Fs, 3/2) 53, 57. 59% (³F)²F + 25, 20, 15% (SF)^F + 12, 15, 18% (³F)⁴D (3F)⁴F 79, 86, 90% (3F₃, 3/2) 47, 52, 53% (*F)*F + 36, 28, 22% (°F)2F + 6, 9, 14% (3F)2G (³F)²G 68, 61, 50% (3F2, 3/2) 64, 52, 36% (3F)2G + 20, 28, 37% (1D)2F + 12, 13, 12% (3F)4G (1G)²F 29, 49, 69% (1G4, 1/2) 32, 50, 64% (1G)2F + 32, 14, 2% (1D)2F + 13, 15, 14% (³F)²G (3P)4D 44, 51, 56% (3P2, 3/2) 44, 51, 56% (3P)4D + 43, 26, 8% (1G)²F + 1, 5, 14% (³F)²G (1D)²F 43, 47, 48% (1D2, 3/2) 43, 48, 48% (1D)2F + 35, 33, 30% (³P)⁴D + 10, 4, 1% (1G)²F (¹G)²G 86, 88, 88% (1G₄, 3/2) 88, 83, 77% (1G)2G + 11, 14, 17% (1G)2F + 3% (¹D)²F 9/2 (³F)⁴G 97, 98, 98% (3F₄, 1/2) 42, 40, 37% (³F)⁴G + 33, 36, 37% (³F)²G + 24, 23, 23% (³F)⁴F (3F)⁴F 97, 98, 98% (3F₄, 3/2) 71, 71, 70% (°F)*F + 23, 25, 26% (³F)²G + 5, 3, 2% (³F)⁴G (³F)²G 96, 98, 99% (³F₃, 3/2) 43, 37, 34% (⁸F)²G + 53, 57, 60% (3F)4G + 4, 5, 6% (3F)^F (¹G)²H 92, 93, 94% (1G₄, 1/2) 90, 87% (¹G)²H + 7,9, 10% (1G)2G + 1, 1, 2% (³F)2G (¹G)²G 92, 93, 94% (¹G₄, 3/2) 92, 90, 88% (1G)2G + 7, 8, 10% (¹G)²H + 1,1, 1% (³F)⁴F 11/2 (³F)⁴G 99, 99, 98% (3Fs, 3/2) 99, 99, 98% (³F)⁴G + 1, 1, 2% (1G)²H (¹G)²H 99, 99, 98% (1G₄, 3/2) 99, 99, 98% (¹G)²H + 1, 1, 2% (³F)⁴G 34 A. Ryabtsev and J. Reader Vol. 72, No. 6/June 1982/J. Opt. Soc. Am. 715 Table 8. Percentage Composition of the Levels Designated as 3d³(1D)4p 2P1/2 and 3d⁸(³P)4p 4D₁/2 in Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI Level Designation Percentage Composition (1D)²P₁/₂ 42, 19, 47, 40, 32% (1D)2P + 31, 36, 19, 28, 31% (3P)2P + 11, 23, 2. 10, 17% (3F)4D + 1, 13, 13, 3, 1% (3P)4D + 5, 2, 11, 10, 11% (³P)²S + 3, 4, 1, 2, 2% (1S)2P + 7, 3, 7, 7, 6% (3P)+P (³P)⁴D₁/₂ 69, 53, 48, 54, 50% (3P)4D + 11, 30, 0, 5, 12% (¹D)²P + 12, 5, 31, 28, 26% (³F)⁴D + 3, 7, 0, 2. 5% (³P)²S + 2, 4, 0, 0, 0% (3P)+P + 2, 1, 17, 8, 4% (³P)²P + 1, 0, 4, 3, 3% (¹S)²P ponent in every ion. Because of this and the inherently im- A point of some interest is the crossing of the (³F)²F₅/₂ and pure coupling within the individual ions, for many levels the (³P)⁴P₅/2 levels between Zr XIV and Nb XV. Although these LS name is useful only as a convenient means of referring to levels have the same J value, there is no evidence of a per- the level. turbation caused by their closeness in energy. A more com- In Table 4 we compare the observed values of the spin-orbit plicated crossing occurs for the (³P)⁴D₁/ and (1D)2P₁/ levels. parameter S3d for the 3d⁹ configuration with those calculated The (³P)⁴D₁/₂ level is calculated to lie above (1D)²P₁/₂ in with the HF program of Froese-Fischer.19 In Table 5 we give Sr XII and Y XIII but below it in Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI. a similar comparison for the 3p⁵3d¹⁰ configuration. However, the eigenvectors of these two levels do not change In Table 6 the values of the energy parameters obtained at smoothly through the sequence. The percentage composi- NBS from least-squares fits to the observed 3d⁸₄p levels are tions for these two levels in all five ions are given in Table 8, compared with the HF values. The least-squares calculations where abrupt changes in composition are evident. In include the parameters (3d3d) and α(3d4p) for effective Y XIII-Mo XVI a transition to 3d9 is observed from the lower electrostatic interactions within the 3d⁸ core and between the of these two levels but not from the upper. Thus, in spite of 3d⁸ core and the 4p electron. The former has matrix elements the crossing, it is always the lower of the two levels that is α₁L₁(L₁ + 1), where L₁ is the total orbital angular momentum observed. of the 3d⁸ core; the latter has matrix elements aL(L + 1), where L is the total orbital angular momentum. The percentage compositions for Sr XII, Zr XIV, and Mo XVI calculated with the fitted values of the parameters are given ACKNOWLEDGMENTS in Table 7. As was already mentioned, the average purities A. N. Ryabtsev is grateful to the Atomic Spectroscopy Group in the LS scheme are low. The purities in both the Jj and of NBS, especially to W. C. Martin, V. Kaufman, and N. Ac- the J₁l schemes are similarly low. The values, of unobserved quista, for hospitality and invaluable assistance in using the 3d⁸₄p levels calculated with the fitted parameter values are NBS 10.7-m grazing-incidence spectrograph. Thanks are also given in parentheses in Table 3. Inasmuch as none of the due to V. Viktorov for help with the computer calculations in levels with J = 9/2 or J = 11/2 has an allowed transition to the Moscow. This work was supported in part by the Office of 3d9 ground configuration. the values for these levels are all magnetic Fusion Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy. necessarily calculated. Most of the other unobserved levels are J = 1/2 levels whose transitions to 3d° 2D3/2 are calculated Permanent address, USSR Academy of Sciences, Institute to be very weak. For Sr XII no J = 1/2 levels were ob- for Spectroscopy, Troitsk, Moscow Region 142092, USSR. served. DISCUSSION REFERENCES Our 3d⁹-3d⁸4p line identifications for Sr XII-Nb XV are en- 1. J. L. Schwob, M. Klapisch, N. Schweitzer, M. Finkenthal, C. tirely new. Our wavelengths for Mo XVI are higher than those Breton, C. De Michelis, and M. Mattioli, "Identification of Mo of Burkhalter et al.⁷ by about 0.007 A on the average. Con- XV to XXXIII in the soft x-ray spectrum of the TFR tokamak," sidering that the wavelength uncertainty of Burkhalter et al.7 Phys. Lett. 62A, 85-89 (1977). 2. M. W. D. Manafield, N. J. Peacock, C. C. Smith, M. G. Hobby, and was ±0.010 A and that our present uncertainty is ±0.005 A, R. D. Cowan, "The XUV spectra of highly ionized molybdenum," the wavelengths are in satisfactory agreement. Five of the J. Phys. B. 11, 1521-1544 (1978). Mo XVI lines in Table 1 were not observed by Burkhalter et 3. B. Edlén, "Spectra of highly ionized atoms," Physica 13, 545-554 al.⁷ Three of the lines listed by them were not observed by (1947). us. The identifications of seven lines have been changed. 4. B. Edlén, in Handbuch der Physik, S. Flügge, ed. (Springer- Verlag, Berlin, 1964), Vol. 27. As is seen in Table 6, the effective parameters a₁ (3d3d) and 5. C. E. Moore, Atomic Energy Levels, Vol. II, National Bureau of α(3d4p) are small and poorly defined. The effective pa- Standards circ. no. 467 (U.S. Government Printing Office, rameter for the core a₁ (3d3d) decreases though the sequence. Washington, D.C., 1952). This is the same trend as that found for the 3d8 configuration 6. E. Alexander, M. Even-Zohar, B. S. Fraenkel, and S. Goldsmith, "Classification of transitions in the euv spectra of Y IX-XIII, Zr of the Fe I sequence.⁹ In the Co sequence a₁ (3d3d) has its X-XIV, Nb XI-XV, and Mo XII-XVI," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61, 508-514 maximum value¹⁷.¹⁸ at about Kr X. This may be the conse- (1971). quence of a perturbation of the 3p⁶3d⁸4p configuration by 7. P. G. Burkhalter, J. Reader, and R. D. Cowan, "Spectra of Mo 3p⁵3d¹⁰, which is nearly coincident in energy in this ion. In XIII-XVIII from a laser-produced plasma and a low-inductance vacuum spark," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 70, 912-919 (1980). Sr XII the 3p⁶3d⁸(1D)4p 2P3/2 level appears to be perturbed 8. N. Acquista and J. Reader, "Spectrum and energy levels of by 3p⁵3d¹⁰ ²P₃/₂, and we therefore omitted it from the least- nine-times ionized strontium (Sr X)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 71, 569-573 squares fit. (1981). 716 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 72, No. 6/June 1982 A. Ryabtsev and J. Reader 9. J. Reader and A. Ryabtsev, "3p63d8-3p53d" transitions in Sr XIII, levels of thirteen-times ionized molybdenum (Mo XIV)," J. Opt. Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 71, 231-237 Soc. Am. 69, 144-149 (1979). (1981). 15. P.O. Bogdanovich and I.I. Grudzinskas, "Program for numerical 10. V. I. Kovalev and E. Ya. Kononov, "Automated comparator- solution of the Hartree-Fock equation," USSR State Fund of microphotometer," Instrum. Exp. Tech. (USSR) 20, 895-897 Algorithms and Programs, No. P001001 (1974). (1977) [Prib. Tekh. Eksp. 3, 244-245 (1977)]. 16. A. A. Ramonas and O. U. Yanukonene, "Program for semi-em- 11. J. Reader and N. Acquista, "Spectrum and energy levels of ten- pirical calculations for energy levels," USSR State Fund of Al- times ionized yttrium (Y XI)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69, 1285-1288 gorithms and Programs, No. P000981 (1974). (1979). 17. A.A. Ramonas and A. N. Ryabtsev, "Investigation of the transi- 12. J. Reader and N. Acquista, "Spectrum and energy levels of tions between the low configurations of Ge VI," Liet. Fiz. Rinkinys eleven-times ionized zirconium (Zr XII)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69, 19, 513-522 (1979). 1659-1662 (1979). 18. A. A. Ramonas and A. N. Ryabtsev, "Investigation of resonance 13. J. Reader and N. Acquista, "Spectrum and energy levels of transitions in Br IX and Br VIII," Liet. Fiz. Rinkinys 20, 65-72 twelve-times ionized niobium (Nb XIII)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 70, (1980). 317-321 (1980). 19. C. Froese, "Numerical solution of the Hartree-Fock equations," 14. J. Reader, G. Luther, and N. Acquista, "Spectrum and energy Can. J. Phys. 41, 1895-1910 (1963). 36 Reprinted from Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol. 73, page 1207, September 1983 Copyright © 1983 by the Optical Society of America and reprinted by permission of the copyright owner. Revised 3p⁶3d⁸ 1S₀ level of Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII Joseph Reader and Aleksandr Ryabtsev* National Bureau of Standards. Washington. D.C. 20234 Received March 12. 1983 Following an observation by Wyart et al. [Phys. Scr. 26, 141 (1982)], we have revised the position of the 3p⁶3d⁸ 'S₀ level in Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII and have redetermined the 3p⁶3d⁸ energy parameters in these ions. Recently, Reader and Ryabtsev1 analyzed the 3p⁶3d⁸- In Table 1 we give the 3p⁶3d⁸ 1S₀-3p⁵³d⁹ 1P₁ and 3p⁶3d⁸ 3p⁵3d⁹ transitions in the isoelectronic ions Sr XIII-Mo XVII. transitions in the ions Sr XIII-Mo XVII. The In this analysis the 3p⁶3d⁸ 1S₀ level was established by the revised positions of the 3p⁶3d⁸ 1S₀ level in these ions are given single transition 3p⁶3d⁸ 1Sσ-3p⁵³d⁹ 1P1. Subsequently, in Table 2. The revision of 3p⁶3d⁸ 1S₀ in Mo XVII is due to 3p⁶3d⁹-3p⁸³d⁸⁴p transitions were analyzed in Sr XII-Mo XVI our inclusion of the 3p⁶3d⁸ 1Sσ-3p⁵³d⁹ transition in the by Ryabtsev and Reader² and in Y XIII-Ag XXI by Wyart et array, which produces a slightly different average value for al.³ In their report Wyart et al.³ noted that the parameters the 3p⁶3d⁸ 1S₀ level. for the 3p⁶3d⁸ core of the 3p⁶3d⁸4p configuration differed in The revised energy parameters for the 3p⁶3d⁸ configuration some important respects from those of the 3p⁶3d⁸ configu- are given in Table 3. The ratios of the fitted value of F4(3d3d) ration of the next ion. They concluded that the differences to the Hartree-Fock (HF) value, which previously¹ varied were due to an incorrect 3p⁶3d⁸ 1S₀ level, for the ions from 0.844 for Sr XIII to 0.907 for Mo XVII, are now nearly Sr XIII-Nb XVI in Ref. 1. Further, they proposed new iden- constant through the sequence. The values of α(3d3d), which tifications for the 3p⁶3d⁸ 1S₀-3p⁵³d⁹ 1P₁ transitions in previously1 varied from 203 cm⁻¹ for Sr XIII to 123 cm⁻¹ for Y XIII-Nb XVI. Mo XVII, are also now nearly constant through the sequence. We have reviewed our spectra :- this regard and have found The differences between the observed level values and those transitions of the type 3p⁶3d⁸ 1So-3p⁵³d⁹ 3D₁ that support calculated with the revised energy parameters are given in the proposed identifications of Wyart et al.³ A 3p⁶3d⁸ Table 4. The percentage compositions obtained with the 1Sσ-3p⁵³d⁹ transition was present in our original array revised parmeters do not differ significantly from those of Ref. for Mo XVII, but it was not included in Ref. 1 because of its 1 and are therefore not given here. apparent absence in the isoelectronic spectra. On the basis of revised calculations for the 3p⁶3d⁸ configuration we have also revised the 3p⁶3d⁸ 1So-3p⁵³d⁹ 1P₁ identification in Sr XIII. The lines identified as 3p⁶3d⁸ 1Sσ-3p⁵³d⁹ 1P₁ ACKNOWLEDGMENT Y xiv-Nb XVI in Ref. 1 are actually 3p⁶3d⁷-3p⁵3d⁸ transi- tions of the next higher stage of ionization, that is, of man- This work was supported in part by the Office of Magnetic ganeselike ions.4 Fusion Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy. Table 1. 3p⁶3d⁸ 1So-3p³3d⁹ 1P₁ and 3p63d8 1Se-3p⁵³d⁹ Transitions in the Ions Sr XIII-Mo XVIIᵃ Sr XIII Y XIV Zr XV Nb XVI Mo XVII Transition X(A) Int. X(A) Int. X(A) Int. X(A) Int. X(A) Int. 3pe3d8 1Sσ-3p⁵3d⁹ 1P₁ 88.915 30 84.180 40 79.830 20 75.828 15 72.092 20 3pe3d8 1So-3p⁵3d⁹ - - 94.186 10 89.853 15 85.938b 60 82.317 10 Intensities are visual estimates of photographic blackening. b Blended with 4p 2P3/2-6s 2S1/2 transition of Nb XIII. Table 2. 3p63d8 1So Levels of Sr XIII-Mo XVII (in cm⁻¹) Configuration Term J Sr XIII Y XIV Zr XV Nb XVI Mo XVII 3p°3d® is 0 136 720 146 020 155 800 166 070 176 680 0030-3941/83/091207-02$01.00 © 1983 Optical Society of America 37 1208 J. Opt. Soc. Am./Vol. 73, No. 9/September 1983 JOSA Letters Table 3. Energy Parameters (in cm⁻¹) and Mean Errors A of Least-Squares Fits for the 3p⁶3d⁸ Configurations of Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVIIa Ion Parameter HF Fitted Fitted/HF Sr XIII Eav 36 440 34 047 = 110 F2(3d3d) 214 978 195 749 ± 886 0.911 ± 0.004 F4(3d3d) 136981 123 012 ± 814 0.898 ± 0.006 α(3d3d) 121 ± 20 53d 6 133 6 103 ± 124 0.995 ± 0.020 A 292 Y XIV Eav 39 578 37 084 ± 114 F2(3d3d) 225 641 206 447 ± 928 0.915 ± 0.004 F4(3d3d) 143 929 129 622 ± 856 0.901 ± 0.006 a(3d3d) 124 ± 21 53d 7196 7 127 ± 129 0.990 ± 0.018 A 304 Zr XV Eav 42 883 40 376 ± 121 F²(3d3d) 236 241 216 969 ± 987 0.918 ± 0.004 F4(3d3d) 150 838 136 286 ± 913 0.904 ± 0.006 α(3d3d) 120 ± 22 S3d 8 388 284 ± 134 0.988 ± 0.016 A 320 Nb XVI Eav 46430 43 937 ± 125 F²(3d3d) 246 787 227 526 ± 1027 0.922 ± 0.004 F4(3d3d) 157711 142 891 ± 957 0.906 ± 0.006 a(3d3d) 118 ± 23 S3d 9717 9 596 ± 132 0.988 ± 0.014 A 330 Mo XVII Eav 50 238 47 730 ± 118 F²(3d3d) 257 286 238 000 ± 971 0.925 ± 0.004 F4(3d3d) 164 554 149 128 ± 914 0.906 ± 0.006 a(3d3d) 123 ± 22 53d 11 195 11 081 ± 116 0.990 ± 0.010 A 311 a The value for E ov listed in the HF column is that obtained by diagonalizing the energy matrix with the HF parameters, 3F4 level set at zero. Table 4. Differences Observed Minus Calculated (in cm⁻¹) between Observed Level Values and Those Calculated with the Fitted Values of the Parameters for the 3p⁶3d⁸ Configurations of Sr XIII, Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII Configuration J Term Sr XIII Y XIV Zr XV Nb XVI Mo XVII 3p⁶3d⁸ 0 3P 170 110 80 0 20 is 80 80 70 70 70 1 3P 130 200 210 260 220 2 3F 210 160 120 90 0 3P -270 -310 -310 -270 -230 ID -360 -330 -330 -330 -290 3 3F 170 250 340 380 420 4 3F -100 -110 -150 -180 -140 1G -60 -50 -40 -50 -30 * Permanent address, Institute for Spectroscopy, USSR 2. A. N. Ryabtsev and J. Reader, "Spectra of the cobaltlike ions Academy of Sciences, Troitsk, Moscow Region 142092, Sr XII, Y XIII, Zr XIV, Nb XV, and Mo XVI," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 710-716 (1982). USSR. 3. J.-F. Wyart, M. Klapisch, J.-L. Schwob, and N. Schweitzer, "The REFERENCES 3d°-3d⁸4p transitions in the spectra of highly-ionized elements yttrium to silver (Y XIII-Ag XXI)," Phys. Scr. 26, 141-154 1. J. Reader and A. Ryabtsev, "3p83d*-3ph3d" transitions in Sr XIII. (1982). Y XIV, Zr XV, Nb XVI, and Mo XVII." J. Opt. Soc. Am. 71, 231-237 4. J.-F. Wyart, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, C.N.R.S. II, 91405 Orsay (1981). Cedex, France (personal communication). ATTACHMENT A MEMORANDUM On Cooperation Between the US National Bureau of Standards and the USSR Academy of Sciences In accordance with the US-USSR Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology, dated July 8, 1977, the US National Bureau of Standards and the USSR Academy of Sciences, referred to below as the Sides, desiring to facilitate the expansion of scientific cooperation for mutual benefit to the two Sides, have agreed as follows: Article 1 Scientific cooperation may be conducted in the fields of thermal physics and thermodynamics, materials science, spectroscopy, chemistry and chemical kinetics, and cryogenic science. Other fields may be additionally included by mutual agreement. 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