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arXiv 2012.11476astro-ph.IMphysics.atom-ph
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Si II、C II、Fe I和Ni II的参考波长

Reference wavelengths of Si II, C II, Fe I, and Ni II

Gillian Nave, Christian Clear

摘要:

只要已知实验室波长优于6/10 $^8$,对应于径向速度为$\approx$ ~20 ms $^{-1}$,则可以利用星系光谱中沿远距类星体视线方向吸收线的波长来探测高红移下精细结构常数$α$的变化。对于Si II、C II、Fe I和Ni II的几条谱线,先前公布的波长不足以达到此目的。通过重新分析铁空心阴极灯(HCL)和碳化硅潘宁放电灯的档案傅里叶变换(FT)光谱,以及镍HCL的新光谱,得到这些线的改进波长。通过重新优化Fe I的能级,13条共振线的绝对不确定度降低了2倍以上。对Si II的类似分析给出了45条线的改进值,其波长不确定性比以前的测量值小一个数量级。测量了Ni II的8条谱线的改进波长,并确定了另外3条较短波长谱线的优化能级的里兹波长。FT光谱在135 nm附近观察到三条C Ⅱ谱线,其波长证实了以前的测量结果.

英文摘要:

Wavelengths of absorption lines in the spectra of galaxies along the line-of-sight to distant quasars can be used to probe the variablility of the fine structure constant, $α$, at high redshifts, provided that the laboratory wavelengths are known to better than 6 parts in 10$^8$, corresponding to a radial velocity of $\approx$~20 ms$^{-1}$. For several lines of Si II, C II, Fe I, and Ni II, previously published wavelengths are inadequate for this purpose. Improved wavelengths for these lines were derived by re-analyzing archival Fourier transform (FT) spectra of iron hollow cathode lamps (HCL) and a silicon carbide Penning discharge lamp, and with new spectra of nickel HCLs. By re-optimizing the energy levels of Fe I, the absolute uncertainty of 13 resonance lines has been reduced by over a factor of 2. A similar analysis for Si II gives improved values for 45 lines with wavelength uncertainties over an order of magnitude smaller than previous measurements. Improved wavelengths for 8 lines of Ni II were measured and Ritz wavelengths from optimized energy levels determined for an additional 3 lines at shorter wavelengths. Three lines of C II near 135~nm were observed using FT spectroscopy and the wavelengths confirm previous measurements.

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