Joseph Reader

Contact Information Atomic Physics Division 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8422 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8422 phone: 301-975-3222 fax: 301-975-3038 Curriculum Vitae National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1963-Present Argonne National Laboratory, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1962-1963 University of California, Berkley, Ph.D., 1962 Fellow, American Physical Society Fellow, Optical Society of America Sigma Xi, Honorary Society Editor, "Line Spectra of the Elements," in Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, CRC Press, Annual Publication Group Leader, Atomic Spectroscopy Group, NIST, 2000-Present Director, Atomic Energy Levels Project, NIST Data Center on Atomic Spectroscopy Chairman, National Research Council Committee on Line Spectra of the Elements, 1976-1979

Research Interests

Joe has done research on the spectra of rare earth atoms, spectra of highly ionized atoms, hyperfine structure, and design of optical spectrometers. Current interests include spectra of ionized atoms of importance for diagnostics of controlled fusion plasmas (Zr VI, Nb IV, Mo VI), radiometry of fluorescent-lamp-type discharges in the ultraviolet, and critical compilations of atomic spectra (Ga, W, Ni-like ions).

Recent Publications

L. Podobedova, D. Kelleher, J. Reader, and W. Wiese, "Atomic Spectral Tables for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Part II, Si VI-Si XII," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 33, 471 (2004).

L. Podobedova, D. Kelleher, J. Reader, and W. Wiese, "Atomic Spectral Tables for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Part III, Mg V-Mg X," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 33, 495 (2004).

L. Podobedova, D. Kelleher, J. Reader, and W. Wiese, "Atomic Spectral Tables for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Part IV, Ne V-Ne VIII," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 35, 525 (2004).

L. Podobedova, A. Musgrove, D. Kelleher, J. Reader, and W. Wiese, "Atomic Spectral Tables for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Part I, S VII-S XIV, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 32, 13617 (2003).

S. Churilov, Y.N. Joshi, and J. Reader, "High Resolution Spectrum of Xenon Ions at 13.4 nm," Opt. Lett. 28, 1478 (2003).

J. Reader, "Optics" in A Physicist's Desk Reference, 3^rd Edition, ed. by E.R. Cohen, D.R. Lide, and G.L. Trigg (AIP Press, Springer-Verlag, 2003), pp. 568-596.

Kerber, F., Rosa, M.R., Sansonetti, C.J., and Reader, J., "STIS Calibration Enhancement - Spectral Characterization of Pt/Cr-Ne Hollow Cathode Lamps," ST-ECF Newsletter (Publication of the Space Telescope- European Coordinating Facility). (2003).

Podobedova, L., Musgrove, A., Kelleher, D., Reader, J, and Wiese, W., "Spectral Data for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Version 1.0, Online http://Physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Chandra/index.html (2003).

Reader, J., "Metrological implications of recent interferometric wavelength measurements for singly ionized silicon in the vacuum ultraviolet (152  nm and 180  nm)," Metrologia 39, 391-394 (2002).

Reader, J., Wiese, W.L., Martin, W.C., Musgrove, A., and Fuhr, J.R., "NIST Databases on Atomic Spectra," NASA CP-Series, 211863 (2002) p. 80.

Churilov, S.S., Joshi, Y.N., and Reader, J., "Analysis of 5p⁶5d-(5p⁶5f+5p⁶6p+5p⁵ 5d²+5p⁵ 5d6s) Transitions tin Tl XIII, Pb XIV, and Bi XV and Revised Wavelengths for 5p^{6 1} S_o-5p⁵5d (3/2, 5/2)₁ transition in Hg XIII, Tl XIV, Pb XV, and Bi XVI, Phys. Scr. 66, 213-221 (2002).

Reader, J., "Atomic Spectroscopy at NIST - 2001," Proc. SPIE Vol. 4550(2001).

Proffitt, C.R., Sansonetti, C.J., and Reader, J., "Lead, Tin, and Germanium in the SMC Main-Sequence B Star AV 304," Astrophys. J. 557, 320 (2001).

Sansonetti, C.J. and Reader, J., "Wavelength Characterization of a Molecular F₂ Laser at 157 nm for DUV Lithography," Lambda Highlights 58, 4 (2001).

Wahlgren, G.M., Brage, T., Brandt, J.C., Fleming, J., Johansson, S., Leckrone, D.S., Proffitt, C.R., Reader, J., and Sansonetti, C.J., "The Bismuth Abundance in the HgMn Stars Chi Lupi and HR7775 and Improved Atomic Data for Selected Transitions of Bi I, II, and III," Astrophys. J. 551, 520 (2001).

C.J. Sansonetti and J. Reader, "Spectrum and Energy Levels of Singly Ionized Mercury (Hg II)," Phys. Scr. 63, 219-242 (2001).

C.J. Sansonetti, J. Reader, and K. Vogler, "Precision Measurement of Wavelengths Emitted by a Molecular Fluorine Laser at 157 nm," Applied Optics 40, 1974-1978 (2001).

J. Reader, C.J. Sansonetti and R.D. Deslattes, "Image Plates for Registration of Far-Ultraviolet Spectra," Appl. Opt. 39, 637-641 (2000).

Reader, J., "Spectral Data for Atoms and Ions," in Proc. Atomic and Molecular Data and Their Applications (ICAMDATA) - Second Intl. Conference, ed. by K. Bell and K. Berrington (AIP, New York, 2000), p. 104.

Proffitt, C.R., Brage, T., Leckrone, D.S., Wahlgren, G.M., Brandt, J.C., Sansonetti, C.J., Reader, J., and Johansson, S.G., "Mercury in the HgMn Stars chi Lupi and HR 7775," Astrophys. J. 512, 942 (1999).

J. Reader and C. Sansonetti, "Modern Wavelength Standards in the Ultraviolet and Vacuum Ultraviolet," J. SPIE 3818, 2-7 (1999).

Kelleher, D.E., Mohr, P.J., Martin, W.C., Wiese, W.L., Sugar, J., Fuhr, J.R., Olsen, K., Musgrove, A., Reader, J., Sansonetti, C.J., and Dalton, G.R., "The New NIST Atomic Spectra Database," in Ultraviolet Atmospheric and Space Remote Sensing: Methods and Instrumentation II, Proc. SPIE 3818, 170 (1999).

D.E. Kelleher, W.C. Martin, W.L. Wiese, J. Sugar, J.R. Fuhr, K. Olsen, A. Musgrove, P.J. Mohr, J. Reader, and G.R. Dalton, "The New NIST Atomic Spectra Database," Phys. Scr. T83, 158-161 (1999).

J. Reader, "Transition Arrays in Atomic Spectroscopy with a Commercial Spreadsheet Program," Comp. in Phys. 11, 190-193 (1997).

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