Relativistic oscillator strengths for the Cs isoelectronic sequence and collapse of ⨍ and d orbitals

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Model potential calculations have been performed to investigate the influence of valence-core electron exchange on oscillator strengths in the Cs isoelectronic sequence. It is demonstrated that inclusion of valence-core electron exchange in the model potential calculations of oscillator strengths for transitions involving orbitals which undergo the collapse phenomenon (usually d or f orbitals) is important and may modify the character of the transition (emission or absorption) due to the change in the relative positions of the states involved. In the collapse region, oscillator strengths for these transitions may also depend strongly on the form of the exchange approximation used. The reason for this influence is that valence-core electron exchange greatly facilitates the collapse phenomenon, thus affecting the positions of states and radial transition integrals. For transitions which do not involve orbitals undergoing collapse or occur in members of the isoelectronic sequence distant from the collapse region, the exchange effects, although still important are much weaker and good results may be obtained not only with a model potential employing empirically adjusted exchange but also for a simple, free from adjustable parameters, semiclassical exchange approximation.