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Atomic Spectroscopy - Version History

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W.C. Martin and W.L. Wiese (2002), Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Handbook (version 2.2). [Online] Available: https://www.nist.gov/pml/atomic-spectroscopy-compendium-basic-ideas-notation-data-and-formulas [year, month day]. 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 2.2
October 2016		 Moved content to Drupal
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 October 3, 2016, Updated June 2, 2021