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Atomic Spectroscopy: A Compendium of Basic Ideas, Notation, Data, and Formulas; Version History

Example of how to reference this online database:
W.C. Martin and W.L. Wiese (2002), Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Handbook (version 1.01). [Online] Available: http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/AtSpec/index.html. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.
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Author/editor (Year), Title (edition). [Type of medium] Available: URL [Access date].
Version 2.1
May 2007

Greek letters were converted from images to HTML code in the text. Equations remain displayed as images.
Version 2.0
November 2004
Based on the article "Atomic Spectroscopy," by W.C. Martin and W.L. Wiese in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Handbook, ed. by G.W.F. Drake (Springer-Verlag, New York, in press) Chapter 10 . Minor style changes have been made in this web version.

PDF Version 1.1
June 2003

PDF Version (705 kB), correction to table "Some transitions of the main spectral series of hydrogen."
Version 1.1
September 2002
LaTeX source code has been made available for equations displayed as images. Correction to table "Some transitions of the main spectral series of hydrogen."

PDF Version 1.0
March 1999

PDF Version (721 kB)
Web Version 1.0
February 1999
Based on the article "Atomic Spectroscopy," by W.C. Martin and W.L. Wiese in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Handbook, ed. by G.W.F. Drake (AIP, Woodbury, NY, 1996) Chapter 10, pp. 135-153. Minor style changes have been made in this web version.

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Created February 8, 2016, Updated June 2, 2021