P. Palmeri et al., Theoretical lifetimes and oscillator strengths in CeII. Application to thechemical composition of the Sun, PHYS SCR, 61(3), 2000, pp. 323-334
A new set of transition probabilities is derived for many transitions of Ce
II of astrophysical interest. A relativistic Hartree-Fock method, combined
with a least-squares fitting of the available experimental levels, includi
ng a number of newly determined values, has been used for the determination
of the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues. Configuration interaction and core-
polarization effects have been introduced in the calculations. The derived
oscillator strengths lead to a new value of the cerium abundance in the sol
ar photosphere, A(Ce) = 1.70 +/- 0.04 (in the usual logarithmic scale) whic
h is somewhat larger but in reasonable agreement with the meteoritic result
.