Abstract
The 12 μm emission lines were unexpectedly detected about a decade ago. Great progress has been made in understanding the atomic physics underlying these high-l Rydberg transitions in Mg I and other atoms. In a magnetic field, their Landé g factor is shown to be unity. At disk center, the shift of the absorption trough relative to the emission peak is demonstrated to be due to the quadratic Stark Effect, permitting measurement of the photospheric electric field strengths. Other related lines of Mg I require accurate atomic fine structure data to interpret properly their complex line profiles. Related lines are found in the ATMOS spectra for C I, Na I, Al I, Si I, Ca I, and Fe I, in addition to H I.
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