Radiative lifetimes in Nd II and the solar neodymium abundance

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Abundance, Neodymium, Photosphere, Radiative Lifetime, Solar Atmosphere, Atomic Energy Levels, Ion Beams, Laser Outputs, Meteoritic Composition, Solar Spectra

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The intracavity-excitation laser/ion-beam technique is used to measure the radiative lifetimes of eight levels of Nd II, and the results are applied to solar-Nd-abundance calculations. The experimental apparatus includes an isotope separator producing a 30-keV 100-400-nA 200 km/s beam of singly charged Nd-142 ions, a broadband dye laser driven by an Ar laser and equipped with an internal excitation chamber and a 150-Hz chopper, and a detector comprising an f/3.5 broadband monochromator and a liquid-N2-cooled photomultiplier tube. The results are presented in tables and used to correct published gf values based on arc spectra. The revised gf values are combined with high-resolution solar spectra and current solar-atmosphere models to calculate the approximate solar abundance of Nd. For the model of Holweger and Mueller (1974), A(Nd) = 1.47 + or - 0.07, in good agreement with meteoritic values and about twice that determined by photospheric analysis.

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