Paschen Alpha oscillator strenghts (dipole selection rules) source: Bethe & Salpeter "The Quantum Mechnaics of One and Two Electron Atoms" 1957 Final values are for emission, which are the ratio of the statistical weights, g_nl=2l+1,times the value for absorption (g_n'l'/g_nl)*f_{n'l'}^{nl}^ n' l' n l = f_{nl}^{n'l'}^ -- -- -- -- ----------------------------- 3 0 4 1 (1/3)*0.484 = 0.1613 3 1 4 0 (3/1)*0.032 = 0.0960 3 1 4 2 (3/5)*0.619 = 0.3714 3 2 4 1 (5/3)*0.011 = 0.0183 3 2 4 3 (5/7)*1.016 = 0.7257 -- -- -- -- -----------------------------