Breit-Pauli energy levels and transition rates for the carbonlike sequence

Abstract

Breit–Pauli results for energy levels, lifetimes, and some transition data are reported for all levels up to 2s22p3d 1PJo of the C-like spectrum for 7 [Formula: see text] Z [Formula: see text] 15. For all but the lowest members of the sequence, these include all the states of the 2s22p2, 2s2p3, 2p4, 2s22p3s, 2s22p3p, and 2s22p3d configurations. For carbon, only the states for the 2s22p2, 2s2p3, and 2s22p3s configurations are included. A simultaneous optimization scheme was applied so that a radial basis could be determined for a set of terms that mix in the Breit–Pauli approximation. All results have been posted at a Web site. In this paper, lifetimes are reported and, in addition, results for N II, O III, and Si IX are critically evaluated. Energy levels are compared with experiment and adjusted transition rates, along with uncertainty estimates are presented. Selected results are compared with other theory and experiment. PACS Nos.: 31.25Jf, 32.30Jc, 32.70Cs