Measurements and calculations of Zn-like heavy ions: an update1This article is part of a Special Issue on the 10th International Colloquium on Atomic Spectra and Oscillator Strengths for Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasmas.

Abstract

Previous observations of Zn-like ions of elements Yb (Z = 70) through U (Z = 92) in an electron beam ion trap differed (by value and by isoelectronic trend) from the (less precise) results of laser-produced plasma experiments and highlighted the need for much better calculations of ions with more than one electron in the valence shell. We review the progress since achieved and present new calculations for ions in the above range as well as EBIT observations of Zn-like Pt48+ ions (Z = 78). We identify accurate ab initio calculations that agree with the EBIT data as well as recent calculations that clearly fall short.