Abstract
Calculations of the electron-impact ionization cross sections and photoionization cross sections for ten ions in the palladium isoelectronic sequence from Ag i i to W x x i x were performed using a nonrelativistic single-configuration distorted-wave approximation. The 4d9kf 1P partial wave was found to be sensitive to the exchange potential involving 4d core electrons, resulting in large qualitative differences between cross sections computed in the term-dependent Hartree-Fock potential and the configuration-averaged potential.