A new edition of a comprehensive spectroscopic reference volume has been released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The updated “Atomic Transition Probabilities of Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen” contains nearly 12,500 spectral lines, a significant increase from the previous edition’s 1,200 lines. The new data has smaller uncertainties, with typical values around 10% and some lines up to 25% uncertainty.
The reference volume, authored by Wolfgang Wiese and Jeffrey Fuhr, is a valuable resource for researchers in fields like atmospheric physics, astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and plasma processing. The spectral data includes wavelengths, energy levels, transition probabilities, and related quantities. The previous edition was cited over 1,200 times from 1966 to 1989.
Keywords: Quantum, Sensing, Metrology
