Experimental and Theoretical Radiative Parameters of Highly Excited Odd-parity Levels in Ir ii

Abstract

Using the time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence technique, the radiative lifetimes for 15 odd-parity levels from 47,003 to 61,475 cm−1 in Ir ii were measured. To the best of our knowledge, 11 lifetime results among these levels are reported for the first time, and hence they should be a good complement to the measured lifetime data of 10 levels previously published in the literature. The pseudorelativistic Hartree–Fock including core-polarization corrections method was used to calculate the lifetimes and branching fractions (BFs) of the investigated energy levels. Combining the experimental lifetime with the theoretical BFs, the transition probabilities and oscillator strengths for 124 transitions were determined.