ACCURATE TRANSITION-PROBABILITIES FOR SOME SPECTRAL-LINES OF SINGLY IONIZED OXYGEN

Transition probabilities based on sophisticated configuration interact ion wave functions have been obtained for transitions between the fine structure levels of the 26 lowest lying 2s(2)2p3, 2s2p4, 2s(2)2p3s, 2 s(2)2p(2)3p, 2s(2)2p(2)3d states of singly ionized oxygen. The calcula tions were performed using the CIV3 code of Hibbert [1] and small empi rical adjustments were introduced to the diagonal Hamiltonian matrix e lements in order to achieve accurate energy splittings between the lev els. The present results are believed to be the most accurate availabl e and, for several allowed transitions, a significant departure from L S coupling, due to relativistic effects, is found.