Relativistic R-matrix close-coupling method based on the effective many-body Hamiltonian: electron-impact excitation of the 3s2 1S0–3s3p1P1o electric dipole-allowed transition of the Ar6+ ion1This article is part of a Special Issue on the 10th International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas.

Abstract

Electron-impact excitation cross sections of the electric dipole-allowed 3s2 1S0–3s3p [Formula: see text] transition in Mg-like argon (Ar6+) are calculated using the configuration-interaction and effective many-body Hamiltonian R-matrix close-coupling methods. The near-threshold electron-impact excitation cross sections computed with the effective many-body Hamiltonian R-matrix close-coupling method are in good agreement with the benchmark experimental results.