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Photoionization Of The Potassium Isoelectronic Sequence: Ca+ And Transition Metal Ions, Ayao M. Sossah Dec 2010

Photoionization Of The Potassium Isoelectronic Sequence: Ca+ And Transition Metal Ions, Ayao M. Sossah

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Photoionization cross section calculations are performed for the ground ([Ne]3s23p63d 2D ) and the first two excited ([Ne]3s23p63d 2D and [Ne]3s23p64s 2S ) states of potassium-like transition metal ions (Sc+2, Ti+3, V+4, Cr+5, Mn+6, Fe+7), along with photoionization calculations for K-like Ca+ ions in the ground ([Ne]3s23p64s 2S ) state and the first two excited ([Ne]3s23p63d 2D and [Ne]3s23p63d 2D ) states. The discrete N-electron final state ion system orbitals are generated using the computer program AUTOSTRUCTURE; 24 configurations are included in the configuration-interaction (CI) calculation for transition metal ions, and 30 configurations for the case of Ca+ ions. The …


Photoionization Of The Be Isoelectronic Sequence: Relativistic And Nonrelativistic R-Matrix Calculations, Wei-Chun Chu Aug 2009

Photoionization Of The Be Isoelectronic Sequence: Relativistic And Nonrelativistic R-Matrix Calculations, Wei-Chun Chu

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The photoionization of the beryllium-like isoelectronic series has been studied. The bound state wave functions of the target ions were built with CIV3 program. The relativistic Breit-Pauli R-matrix method was used to calculate the cross sections in the photon energy range between the ionization threshold and 1s24f7/2 threshold for each ion. For the total cross sections of Be, B+, C+2, N+3, and O+4, our results match experiment well. The comparison between the present work and other theoretical works are also discussed. We show the comparison with our LS results as it indicates the importance of relativistic effects on different ions. …