Abstract
Resonance ionization mass spectrometry is applied to investigate high-lying even-parity states of Sm I. Eighty-six even-parity states of Sm I are discovered in the region 32 950-36 000 cm(-1) Absolute energies of these states are measured with an uncertainty of +/-0.3 cm(-1), and total angular momenta are uniquely assigned for most of them. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America