Excitation energies of levels in the 3d⁹4s configuration for W⁴⁶⁺ from different theoretical approaches compared to experiment and other calculations

Table 1. Excitation energies of levels in the 3d⁹4s configuration for W⁴⁶⁺ from different theoretical approaches compared to experiment and other calculations.

Abstract

Based on the multi-configuration Dirac–Hartree–Fock method and using the GRASPVU package, a theoretical investigation was performed to study the lifetimes of hyperfine levels of the first excited level 3d⁹4s ³D₃ in Ni-like ions (Z = 72–79) for all stable isotopes with nuclear spin. Comparisons between hyperfine-induced electric quadrupole transition rates and the pure magnetic octupole transition rates show that the extra electric quadrupole transition channel caused by the nuclear magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole hyperfine interaction is important for most hyperfine levels in each individual ion. Lifetimes of most hyperfine levels are sensitive to this extra decay channel. Extreme cases are found in ¹⁸¹Ta, ¹⁸⁵Re and ¹⁸⁷Re, where lifetimes of some hyperfine levels are shortened by more than an order of magnitude.