RELATIVISTIC MANY-BODY CALCULATIONS OF ENERGIES OF N=3 STATES OF BE-LIKE IONS

Energies of the 2s3s (S-1(0), S-3(1)), 2S3p (P-1(1), P-3(J)), 2s3d (D- 1(2), D-3(J)), 2p3s (P-1(1), P-3(J)), 2p3p (S-1(0), S-3(1), P-1(1), D- 1(2), P-3(J), D-3(J)) and 2p3d (P-1(1), D-1(2), F-1(3), P-3(J), D-3(J) , F-3(J)) states for Be-like ions with nuclear charges Z in the range 4-30 and for Z = 54 are determined to second order in relativistic man y-body perturbation theory starting from a frozen-core Dirac-Fock basi s. Second-order Coulomb and second-order Breit-Coulomb correlation ene rgies are evaluated. Corrections for the frequency dependence of the B reit interaction are taken into account in lowest order. Lamb-shift co rrections to the energies are also included in lowest order. Compariso ns are made with other theoretical calculations and with experimental data. We obtain an excellent agreement with experiment for term splitt ing, even for low-Z ions. Results for the 2p-3d excitation energies fo r Xe50+ are also in very good agreement with experiment.