Lifetime of the $6 s 6 p P_{1}$ State of Mercury

29 November 1965

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 140 (5A), A1505-A1508
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.140.a1505

Abstract

The lifetime of the

6 s 6 p {}^{1}P_{1}

state of mercury has been determined by the zero-field level-crossing technique (Hanle effect) to be

τ = (1.31 \pm 0.08) \times 10^{- 9}

sec. This result yields a value of

f = 1.18

for the oscillator strength of the 1850-Å line. From this lifetime result and other experimental data we have calculated the intermediate coupling coefficients for the mixing of the

6 s 6 p {}^{3}P_{1}

and

{}^{1}P_{1}

states by three different methods. All three methods are in good agreement.

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Lifetime of the $6 s 6 p P_{1}$ State of Mercury