Magnetic dipole lines in the3s23pxconfigurations of elements from copper to molybdenum

Abstract

A number of spectrum lines arising from magnetic dipole transitions in the $3s^{2}3p^5$, $3s^{2}3p^4$, $3s^{2}3p^3$, $3s^{2}3p^2$, $3s^{2}3p$, and $3s3p$ electron configurations in elements $29\le Z\le 42$ have been identified. The lines were observed in the Princeton Large Torus tokamak discharges into which the appropriate elements were introduced by means of laser blowoff. The identifications are based on time and space dependence of the observed emissivities, and the systematic consistency of the observed wavelengths with isoelectronic extrapolations based on known lower-$Z$ elements.