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Determination of hyperfine-induced transition rates from observations of a planetary nebula

Brage, Tomas LU ; Judge, PG and Proffitt, CR (2002) In Physical Review Letters 89(28).
Abstract
Observations of the planetary nebula NGC3918 made with the STIS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope reveal the first unambiguous detection of a hyperfine-induced transition 2s2p P-3(0)o-->2s(2) S-1(0) in the berylliumlike emission line spectrum of N IV at 1487.89 Angstrom. A nebular model allows us to confirm a transition rate of 4x10(-4) sec(-1)+/-33% for this line. The measurement represents the first independent confirmation of the transition rate of hyperfine-induced lines in low ionization stages, and it provides support for the techniques used to compute these transitions for the determination of very low densities and isotope ratios.
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.281101
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  abstract     = {{Observations of the planetary nebula NGC3918 made with the STIS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope reveal the first unambiguous detection of a hyperfine-induced transition 2s2p P-3(0)o-->2s(2) S-1(0) in the berylliumlike emission line spectrum of N IV at 1487.89 Angstrom. A nebular model allows us to confirm a transition rate of 4x10(-4) sec(-1)+/-33% for this line. The measurement represents the first independent confirmation of the transition rate of hyperfine-induced lines in low ionization stages, and it provides support for the techniques used to compute these transitions for the determination of very low densities and isotope ratios.}},
  author       = {{Brage, Tomas and Judge, PG and Proffitt, CR}},
  issn         = {{1079-7114}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{28}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review Letters}},
  title        = {{Determination of hyperfine-induced transition rates from observations of a planetary nebula}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.281101}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.281101}},
  volume       = {{89}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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