Relativistic random-phase approximation calculations on the zinc isoelectronic sequence

Excitation energies, oscillator strengths, and transition probabilities for the 4s²¹S₀-4s4p¹P₁, 4s²¹S₀-4s5p¹P₁, and 4s²¹S₀-4s6p¹P₁ resonance transitions of elements of the zinc isoelectronic sequence are calculated using the relativistic random-phase approximation. The elements considered range from Gaii to Ulxiii and include many of interest in current fusion research. A graphical analysis of the systematic trends of the oscillator strength as a function of the inverse nuclear charge provides a means of estimating the oscillator strengths for those elements whose values are not explicitly calculated.