Excited-State Wave Functions, Excitation Energies, and Oscillator Strengths for Argon (3p54s)

Abstract

Solutions of the Hartree-Fock equations for the ${}_{}{}^3{}_{}{}^{}P$ and ${}_{}{}^1{}_{}{}^{}P$ terms of argon ($3p^{5}4s$) have been obtained. Wave functions are tabulated and results of computations of excitation energies and oscillator strengths are presented. The former fall within 4% of experimental values. Predicted oscillator strengths for absorption at 1049 A and 1067 A are 0.20 and 0.05, respectively, with an estimated error of 10 to 20%.