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Arc Spectrum of Gallium: New Absorption Lines in the Schumann Region

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THE list of known terms of GaI as compiled by Bacher and Goudsmit1, while not very extensive, constitutes the best data so far available. Of this, the series terms are based on Fowler2, Paschen-Götze3, and measurements of Uhler and Tanch4; the only other terms quoted, namely, 4s4p2 2S and 4P, are from Sawyer and Lang5.

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GARTON, W. Arc Spectrum of Gallium: New Absorption Lines in the Schumann Region. Nature 166, 317–318 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166317a0

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