The first measured Ag I, Ag II and Ag III Stark broadening parameters

Abstract

The Stark widths (W) and shifts (d) of two neutral (520.908 and 546.550 nm), eleven singly (211.382, 224.643, 224.874, 232.029, 232.468, 233.140, 241.141, 241.323, 243.781, 244.793 and 276.754 nm) and three doubly (216.189, 231.004 and 239.569 nm) ionized silver (Ag I, Ag II and Ag III, respectively) spectral lines have been measured in nitrogen plasma at about 18,000 K electron temperature and electron density ranged between 0.65 × 1023 and 1.15 × 1023 m- 3. They are the first measured W and d values while those of the Ag II and Ag III lines are the first published data in these spectra. The modified version of the linear, low-pressure, pulsed arc was used as a plasma source operated in nitrogen with silver atoms, as impurities, evaporated from silver cylindrical plates located in the homogeneous part of the discharge. No theoretical predictions exist for W and d values of above mentioned spectral lines. Besides, we have checked the transition probability ratio of two investigated Ag I lines. An agreement with theoretical predictions was found. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.