Hyperfine Structure Study of Several Lines of²⁰⁷Pb I

Abstract

The hfs splitting of four lines from the array 6p7s → 6p2 as well as two lines from the array 6p8s → 6p2 of Pb I have been analyzed. A discharge tube containing metallic isotope 207Pb was used as a light source. Our experiment yields hyperfine splitting constants A for some levels of the configurations 6p2 and 6p7s: A(6p2 1D2) = (20.99 ± 0.43) mK, A(6p2 3P2) = (91.37 ± 0.34) mK, A(6p7s 3P1) = (294.16 ± 0.93) mK, A(6p7s 1P1) = (16.45 ± 0.95) mK and A = (202.04 ± 0.48) mK for the level 6p8s 3P1. Our results are compared with recent theory and other experiments.