Precise calculations of astrophysically important allowed and forbidden transitions of Xe VIII

Abstract

The present work reports transition line parameters for Xe VIII, which are potentially important for astrophysics in view of recent observations of multiply ionized xenon in hot white dwarfs. The relativistic coupled-cluster method is employed here to calculate the E1, E2, and M1 transition line parameters with high accuracy. The E1 oscillator strengths and probabilities of E2 and M1 transitions are determined using theoretical amplitudes and experimental energy values. The calculated branching ratios and the lifetimes are supplemented to the transition parameters. Accurate presentation of these calculated data is crucial for density estimation in several stellar and inter-stellar media.