Transition probabilities in neutral barium

We present emission measurements on a hollow-cathode discharge containing barium that were taken with the aid of a Fourier-transform spectrometer (FTS). We have determined the branching fractions for ten upper levels of the neutral barium atom. In the case of the resonance level 6s6p ${}^1$P°${}_1$, we had to augment our FTS measures with literature data that had recently been obtained by use of different laser-excitation techniques. Using four published lifetimes and also through combining our emission measurements with relative absorption data from the literature, we could convert the branching fractions of eight upper levels into transition probabilities. The resulting A values (with accuracies ranging from 1% to 60%) give support to the correction of earlier literature data, recommended by Jahreiss and Huber [Phys. Rev. A 31, 692 (1985)].