ATOMIC-TRANSITION PROBABILITIES IN NI-I

We report the measurement of 76 branching fractions and atomic transit ion probabilities in Ni I. Fourier transform spectra from the archives of the National Solar Observatory are used to determine the branching fractions. An absolute scale is established using recently reported r adiative lifetimes from time resolved laser-induced fluorescence measu rements. These 76 lines are connected to high-lying, even-parity level s. Most of our transition probabilities are accurate to better than +/ - 10%.