Extended analysis of the 3s3p3 configuration in the Si I sequence (V X-Cu XVI) by laser-produced plasmas

Wavelengths from radiation of plasmas produced by a Nd:YAG/glass laser focused on targets of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu, have been recorded photographically in the region of 270-600 Å with a 3 m normal incidence spectrograph. For this sequence (V X-Cu XVI) we have identified 16 new lines which belong to the 3s23p2-3s3p3 transition array. From these transition we have determined 11 new levels of the 3s3p3 configuration. Hartree-Fock calculations with relativistic corrections were used to predict energy levels and transitions. Isoelectronic extrapolations along the Si I sequence are used to support the experimental results.