Transitions in the cadmium sequence

Abstract

We present calculations of oscillator strengths of the 5s 2 1S 0-5s5p 1,3P 1 transitions for Cd I, In II, I VI and Xe VII, using configuration interaction wave functions which take into account valence shell correlation only. It is found that for the intercombination line there is reasonable agreement between theory and experiment, but for the allowed transitions, in I VI and Xe VII, the theoretical and experimental oscillator strengths differ by about a factor of 2. A major part of this disagreement is removed when correction factors, representing the use of experimental energy splittings and the effect of the core, are applied to the ab initio results.