Hyperfine structure of the lower configurations in Y II by fast ion beam-laser spectroscopy

Abstract

The hyperfine structure (hfs) of levels in the configurations 4d5s, 4d2 and 4d5p in Y II has been recorded using fast ion beam-laser spectroscopy. The levels in the 4d5s configuration were excited with frequency doubled laser light to levels in the 4d5p configuration, whereas the levels in the 4d2 configuration were excited by visible laser light. All hfs components could not be observed in the spectra, and therefore the magnetic dipole coupling constants A were evaluated in a parametrization of the peak separations in the framework of the effective operator theory.