Technique - (1) Fourier transform spectroscopy for laboratory astrophysics

Type: Experimental

Description: High-resolution FTS measurement of atomic/molecular transition wavelengths and intensities to support astronomical spectral analysis.

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics | Laboratory Astrophysics Group (Pickering) @ Imperial
Summary:

Pickering performs high-resolution Fourier-transform spectroscopy of atomic and ionic transitions in the laboratory to provide accurate wavelengths, oscillator strengths and transition probabilities that underpin the analysis of stellar and nebular astronomical spectra.