Relativistic many-body calculations of excitation energies, oscillator strengths, transition rates, and lifetimes in samariumlike ions

摘要

The unique atomic properties of samariumlike ions, not yet measured experimentally, are theoreticallynpredicted and studied in this paper. Excitation energies, oscillator strengths, transition probabilities, and lifetimesnare calculated for (5s2 + 5p2 + 5d2 + 5s5d + 5s5g + 5p5f )–(5s5p + 5s5f + 5p5d + 5p5g) electric dipolentransitions in Sm-like ions with nuclear charge Z ranging from 74 to 100. Relativistic many-body perturbationntheory (RMBPT), including the Breit interaction, is used to evaluate retarded E1 matrix elements in lengthnand velocity forms. The calculations start from a 1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d104f 14 Dirac-Fock potential.nFirst-order perturbation theory is used to obtain intermediate coupling coefficients, and the second-order RMBPTnis used to determine the matrix elements. The contributions from negative-energy states are included in thensecond-order E1 matrix elements to achieve agreement between length-form and velocity-form amplitudes.nThe resulting transition energies and transition probabilities, and lifetimes for Sm-like W12+ are compared withnresults obtained by the relativistic Hartree-Fock approximation (COWAN code) to estimate contributions of then4f -core-excited states. Trends of excitation energies and oscillator strengths as the function of nuclear charge Znare shown graphically for selected states and transitions. This work provides a number of yet unmeasured atomicnproperties of these samariumlike ions for various applications and as a benchmark for testing theory.