Spectroscopic study of EUV and SXR spectral lines with partition function and level population of W LVI

Abstract

We present a comprehensive and elaborate study of W LVI (K-like W55+) by using multi-configuration Dirac–Fock method (MCDF). We have included relativistic corrections, QED (quantum electrodynamics) and Breit corrections in our computation. We have reported energy levels and radiative data for multipole transitions (i.e., electric dipole (E1), electric quadrupole (E2), magnetic dipole (M1), and magnetic quadrupole (M2)) within the lowest 142 fine-structure levels and predicted soft X-ray transition (SXR) and extreme ultraviolet transitions (EUV) from higher excited states to the ground state. We have compared our calculated data with energy levels compiled by NIST and other available results in the literature and the small discrepancies found with them are discussed. Because only a few of the lowest levels are available in the literature, for checking excitation energies of higher excited states we have performed the same calculations with the distorted wave method. Furthermore, we have also provided relative population for the first five excited states, with both the partition function and thermodynamic quantities for W LVI and studied their variations with temperature. We believe that our reported new atomic data of W LVI may be useful in identification and analysis of spectral lines from various astrophysical and fusion plasma sources and may also be beneficial in plasma modeling.