The Sodium D-Lines Why and What Are D-Lines?

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The Sodium D-Lines Why and What Are D-Lines?

The sodium D-lines The flame test for sodium displays a brilliantly bright yellow emission. This emission is due to the "sodium D-lines". 1s22s22p63s1 or [Ne]3s1 Why and What are D-lines? Fraunhofer lines The Fraunhofer lines are a set of spectral lines named for the German physicist Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787– 1826). The lines were originally observed as dark features (absorption lines) in the optical spectrum of the Sun. He labeled the lines with letters from A to K. A strong doublet at 589.0 nm and 589.6 nm is observed in the Sodium emission spectrum, identifying the D-lines as due to Sodium in the sun. Here's a complete Na spectrum. Solar Absorption Spectrum The Zeeman Effect The Zeeman effect is the splitting of a spectral line into several components in the presence of a static magnetic field. Pieter Zeeman Zeeman's original data was on Na D lines 1865 - 1943 The sodium doublet is due to spin-orbit coupling of L and S L=1 S= 1/2 J=L+S, L-S J= 3/2, 1/2 Zeeman effect splits mJ levels into 10 lines By using a narrow band filter, astronomers can image all sorts of objects for excited Sodium. Sodium D-line image of the Sodium D-line images of the comet tail of the Hale-Bopp comet. tail of the planet Mercury. By using a narrow band filter, astronomers can image all sorts of objects for excited Sodium. Mercury Satellite Messenger Sodium D-line images of the comet tail of the planet Mercury. The Lick observatory on Mt. Hamilton near San Jose (operated by UC Santa Cruz). The Lick observatory on Mt. Hamilton near San Jose (operated by UC Santa Cruz). Potential Light Pollution from San Jose. San Jose at Night from Lick Observatory Lick Observatory. The solution: The light from Sodium lamps in the streets are removed with a narrow band filter at the observatory! The Sodium D-Lines are also used to measure Doppler shifts and the size of the universe (Hubble's constant)..

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