Abdellatif Aboussaid

Hyperfine structure of infrared vanadium lines

High resolution profiles of neutral vanadium lines have been recorded in the infrared region (1800-9000 cm-1) by Fourier transform spectroscopy. 106 transitions showing resolved or partially resolved hyperfine profiles have been analysed. An investigation of these structures has allowed the deduction of magnetic dipole constants for 101 levels. For 69 levels the results obtained are new. The results of the present work have been compared with the few data previously published in the literature and they are generally in good agreement.

Hyperfine structure of Sc I by infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy

The spectrum of scandium was recorded in the infrared region using a high resolution Fourier transform spectrometer and a hollow-cathode discharge. Hyperfine structures of the lines connecting the 3d24s and 3d4s4p level systems of Sc45 I were observed between 4000 and 5000 cm−1. The structures were not completely resolved but the individual line contributions to the complex profiles were simulated using the 3d24s 4FJ hyperfine structure constants previously measured with a high precision by laser techniques. We investigate the possibility of extracting the hyperfine constants of the 3d4s4p levels from a least-squares fit of the line profiles, assuming a Doppler lineshape and theoretical relative intensities. New results are presented for 12 levels.