Table 3
Comparison of experimental and theoretical radiative lifetimes (in units of nanosecond) for S I.
| Theory |
Experiment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ab initio | Fine-tuned | B-splinea | HFRb | CIc | MCHFd | laboratory | astronomical | ||
| No. | State | B/C | B/C | B/C | B/C | measurements | observationsf | ||
| 7 | 3p3(4S)4s 3S1 | 1.93/1.96 | 1.94/1.99 | 1.93/1.98 | 1.5 | 1.94/2.05 | 2.04 | 1.875(0.094)g | 1.875(0.188) |
| 27 | 3p3(4S)5s 3S1 | 6.88/7.01 | 6.83/6.95 | 6.87/6.97 | 4.2 | 5.92/6.63 | 7.1(0.5)e | 6.9(1.4) | |
| 54 | 3p3(4S)6s 3S1 | 16.80/17.20 | 16.77/17.14 | 17.0/17.2 | 9.7 | 13.72/18.00 | 17.7(1.1)e | 16.9(3.4) | |
| 90 | 3p3(4S)7s 3S1 | 34.16/35.38 | 33.90/35.38 | 34.5/34.9 | 18.8 | 35.6(4.0)e | 31.0(8.4) | ||
| 6 | 3p3(4S)4s 5S2 | 13 893/14 439 | 13 510/14 043 | 17 615/19 771 | 18 691/25 138 | 39 037 | 9200(1000)i | ||
| 27 000(5000)j | |||||||||
| 22 | 3p3(2D)4s 1D2 | 2.23/2.27 | 2.23/2.27 | 2.23/2.24 | 1.7 | 2.26/2.34 | 2.30 | ||
| 55 | 3p3(2P)4s 3P0 | 2.25/2.29 | 2.25/2.29 | 2.22/2.25 | 3.0 | 2.29/2.39 | |||
| 56 | 3p3(2P)4s 3P1 | 2.24/2.28 | 2.24/2.28 | 2.21/2.24 | 2.9 | 2.30/2.40 | 2.034(0.102)g | 2.1(0.2) | |
| 57 | 3p3(2P)4s 3P2 | 2.22/2.26 | 2.22/2.26 | 2.20/2.22 | 2.8 | 2.35/2.46 | 2.146(0.129)g | 2.1(0.2) | |
| 12 | 3p3(4S)4p 3P0 | 45.12/43.72 | 45.15/44.80 | 46.3/45.4 | 36.1 | 44.05/43.67 | 49.5 | 46.1(1.0)e | |
| 11 | 3p3(4S)4p 3P1 | 45.14/43.74 | 45.17/44.82 | 46.3/45.4 | 36.1 | 44.04/43.66 | 49.4 | 46.1(1.0)e | |
| 13 | 3p3(4S)4p 3P2 | 45.10/43.69 | 45.12/44.78 | 46.3/45.4 | 36.0 | 44.03/43.65 | 49.3 | 46.1(1.0)e | |
| 91 | 3p3(2D)4p 3P2 | 58.49/58.48 | 58.25/59.46 | 53.6/53.8 | 63.0 | 36.07/32.96 | 53.5(4)i | ||
| 34 | 3p3(4S)5p 3P2 | 179.06/173.11 | 179.14/178.85 | 184/186 | 131.9 | 141.98/181.15 | 188(13)e | ||
| 185(15)i | |||||||||
| 33 | 3p3(4S)5p 5P3 | 156.05/149.48 | 155.78/153.94 | 158/159 | 130.1 | 151.49/156.49 | 615(50)i | ||
| 60 | 3p3(4S)6p 5P3 | 352.19/329.68 | 351.23/346.94 | 352/350 | 289.9 | 481.87/389.08 | 265(20)i | ||
| 96 | 3p3(4S)7p 5P3 | 596.11/621.01 | 601.79/673.21 | 631/624 | 549.8 | 415(25)i | |||
| 23 | 3p3(4S)3d3D1 | 3.44/3.61 | 3.52/3.67 | 3.69/3.77 | 1.9 | 4.58/5.11 | 2.62 | ||
| 24 | 3p3(4S)3d3D2 | 3.44/3.60 | 3.52/3.66 | 3.68/3.77 | 1.9 | 4.45/4.97 | 2.61 | 3.0(0.6) | |
| 25 | 3p3(4S)3d3D3 | 3.42/3.58 | 3.50/3.64 | 3.67/3.75 | 1.9 | 4.59/5.16 | 2.59 | ||
| 42 | 3p3(4S)4d3D1 | 11.87/12.36 | 11.97/12.48 | 12.1/12.6 | 6.0 | 6.27/7.09 | 12.6(1.3)e | ||
| 43 | 3p3(4S)4d3D2 | 11.85/12.34 | 11.96/12.46 | 12.1/12.6 | 6.0 | 6.49/7.43 | 12.5(0.7)e | 9.6(1.9) | |
| 44 | 3p3(4S)4d3D3 | 11.73/12.21 | 11.84/12.34 | 12.0/12.5 | 5.9 | 6.18/7.02 | 12.9(1.1)e | ||
| 80 | 3p3(4S)5d 3D1 | 37.18/38.84 | 38.38/39.73 | 36.0/37.8 | 10.1 | 41(3)e | |||
| 78 | 3p3(4S)5d 3D2 | 37.68/39.34 | 38.76/40.09 | 36.3/38.1 | 10.0 | 37(7.5) | |||
| 79 | 3p3(4S)5d 3D3 | 37.75/39.39 | 38.80/40.18 | 36.6/38.4 | 9.9 | 40(4)e | |||
| 97 | 3p3(4S)6d 5D4 | 266.27/269.21 | 264.35/251.99 | 165/163 | 593.1 | 260(20)i | |||
| 107 | 3p3(4S)6d 3D1 | 134.65/135.55 | 141.41/141.03 | 108/115 | 16.0 | ||||
| 106 | 3p3(4S)6d 3D2 | 138.30/139.29 | 145.68/145.13 | 112/118 | 15.9 | 75(7)b | 199(90) | ||
| 105 | 3p3(4S)6d 3D3 | 142.01/143.06 | 150.12/149.33 | 116/123 | 15.8 | ||||
Notes. B/C: Babushkin and Coulomb gauges. The values in the parentheses of the last two columns are the experimental errors. (a)B-spline method by Zatsarinny & Bartschat (2006). (b)Relativistic Hartree–Fock calculation by Biémont et al. (1998). (c)Configuration interaction calculation by Deb & Hibbert (2008). (d)Multi-configurational Hartree-Fock calculation by Froese Fischer et al. (2006). (e)Laser spectroscopy by Berzinsh et al. (1997) and Zerne et al. (1997). (f)Lifetime data excerpted from Zatsarinny & Bartschat (2006) and original from Federman & Cardelli (1995); Federman & Cardelli (1996). (g)Beam-foil technique by Beideck et al. (1994). (i)High-frequency deflection technique by Delalic et al. (1990). (j)Electron-impact dissociation method by Mason (1994).
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