Theoretical determination of oscillator strengths for the principal series of rubidium-like ions by the Dirac-Fock method

A simple formula that allows the determination of the oscillator strengths for all transitions of principal series of the Rb-like ions is obtained from the relationship between the oscillator strengths and the corresponding photoionization cross sections. The photoionization cross sections are calculated by the Dirac-Fock method with allowance for the retardation and approximated by an analytic formula. The data for ten ions of the rubidium isoelectronic sequence (from Sr⁺ to Ag¹⁰⁺) are presented. Two types of gauges corresponding to the transition operators in length and velocity forms are considered.