Energies and Auger widths of the high-lying double-excited states for Be-like neon

Abstract

Energies and Auger widths of high-lying doubly-excited states 1s23lnl′ (n = 3–6) for Be-like neon are calculated using a saddle-point variational method and saddle-point complex-rotation method. The relativistic corrections and mass polarization are obtained with first-order perturbation theory. The configuration structure of the high-lying doubly-excited series is checked by relativistic perturbation corrections. The oscillator strengths and radiative transition probabilities are also calculated. Our results of energies and Auger widths are compared with the available theoretical results in the literature. Auger channel energies are compared with those from high-resolution electron spectroscopy. Excellent agreement is obtained in each state.