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FROM spectral theory it is known that the lowest energy states for atoms of the oxygen group form a stable triad designated as 3P012. Next higher to these is a metastable state 1D2 and next to that again a metastable state 1S0 For oxygen atoms the state 3P1 expressed in frequency units is known to be 67 cm.-1 higher than the state 3P2 and the state 3P0158 cm.-1 higher than the state 3P1. The states 1D2 and 1S0 have not hitherto been evaluated for oxygen atoms.
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MCLENNAN, J., CRAWFORD, M. Low Atomic Energy Levels for Elements of the Oxygen Group. Nature 124, 874 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124874a0
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