Energy levels, wavelengths, and transition rates of multipole transitions (E1, E2, M1, M2) in Au67+ and Au66+ ions

The fully relativistic configuration interaction method of the FAC code is used to calculate atomic data for multipole transitions in Mg-like Au (Au67+) and Al-like Au (Au66+) ions. Generated atomic data are important in the modeling of M-shell spectra for heavy Au ions and Au plasma diagnostics. Energy levels, oscillator strengths and transition rates are calculated for electric-dipole (E1), electric quadrupole (E2), magnetic dipole (M1), and magnetic quadrupole (M2) for transitions between excited and ground states 3l-nl', such that n = 4, 5, 6, 7. The local central potential is derived using the Dirac-Fock-Slater method. Correlation effects to all orders are considered by the configuration interaction expansion. All relativistic effects are included in the calculations. Calculated energy levels are compared against published values that were calculated using the multi-reference many body perturbation theory, which includes higher order QED effects. Favorable agreement was observed, with less than 0.15% difference. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.