Atomic Physic Division

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Atomic Spectroscopy Group

Gillian Nave

Gillian Nave

Contact Information

Atomic Physics Division
100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8422
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422

Gillian dot Nave at NIST dot gov
phone: 301-975-4311
fax: 301-975-3038

Curriculum Vitae

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Physicist, 2001-Present
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Guest Researcher, 1994-2001
  • Lund University, Sweden, European Space Agency Fellow, 1992-1994
  • Imperial College, London, UK, Research Assistant, 1985-1991
  • Imperial College, London, UK, Ph.D. Physics, 1986
    Thesis Title: Soft X-ray spectroscopy of a gas-puff Z-pinch
  • King's College, London, UK, B.Sc. Physics II(i), 1982

Research Interests

High-resolution Fourier transform spectrometry
Spectroscopy of Rare Earth elements
Measurements of branching fractions
Analysis of complex atomic spectra.

Recent Publications

R.J. Blackwell-Whitehead, J.C. Pickering, O. Pearse, G. Nave, "Hyperfine structure measurements of neutral manganese with Fourier transform spectroscopy," Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 157, 402-409 (2005).

G. Nave, Z. Li, C.J. Sansonetti, U. Griesmann, A.D. Fried "Atomic oscillator strengths in the vacuum ultraviolet using Fourier transform and grating spectroscopy," Phys. Scripta T119 (2005, in press)

G. Nave, "Atomic transition rates for neutral holmium (HO I)," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 2193-2002 (2004).

G. Nave and C.J. Sansonetti, "Reference wavelengths in the spectra of Fe, Ge, and Pt in the region near 1935 Å," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 21, 442-453 (2004).

K. Dzierzega, U. Griesmann, G. Nave, L. Bratasz, "Absolute transition rates for transitions from 5p levels in Kr II," Phys. Scripta 63, 209 (2001).

G. Nave, U. Griesmann, "New energy levels and classificiations of spectral lines from neutral and singly-ionized dysprosium (Dy I)," Phys. Scripta 62, 463 (2000).

K. Dzierzega, U. Volz, G. Nave, U. Griesmann, "Accurate transition probabilities for the 5p - 5s transitions in Kr I," Phys. Rev. A 62, 022505(9) (2000).

M.E. Wickliffe, J.E. Lawler, G. Nave, "Atomic transition probabilities for Dy I and Dy II," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Trans. 66, 363 (2000).

G. Nave, S. Johansson, A.P. Thorne, "Precision VUV Wavelengths of Fe II Measured by Fourier Transform and Grating Spectrometry,"" J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 1035 (1997).


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