Anomalous Zeeman Effect in Satellites of Mercury Lines

Abstract

1. The separation of the satellites of the mercury lines 4047 and 5461 in magnetic fields is generally anomalous, and the change in wave-length is not linearly proportional to the strength of the field.
2. In high fields, some branches of the satellites vanish, and the rate of change of wave-length with corresponding increase of the field becomes equal to that for the branches of the principal line.
3. The intensity of different branches of satellites is generally unequal.
4. For s-components, the state given in (2) is reached in fields weaker than for p-components.