FINE STRUCTURE RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS IN C II AND C III USING THE BREIT–PAULI R-MATRIX METHOD

Abstract

Extensive sets of radiative transitions in C II and in C III are obtained using the relativistic Breit–Pauli R-matrix (BPRM) method. In comparison with other accurate methods that can be applied to relatively few transitions, the BPRM method enables calculations of a large number of transitions with comparable accuracy for most of them. The present work reports large-scale calculations for two important ions obtaining 127 and 206 bound fine structure energy levels, resulting in 1681 and 4202 dipole allowed and intercombination transitions for C II and C III, respectively. Detailed comparison of the BPRM results is made with those from experimental and theoretical studies, including the relativistic multiconfiguration Dirac–Fock method.