Electron Impact Excitation of Xenon from the Ground State and the Metastable State to the 5p⁵7p Levels

Electron impact excitation cross sections from the ground state and the lowest metastable state 5p⁵6s J=2 to the excited states of the 5p⁵7p configuration of xenon are calculated systematically using the fully relativistic distorted wave method. Special attention is paid to the configuration interaction effects in the wave-function expansion of target states. The results are in good agreement with the recent experimental data by Jung et al. Phys. Rev. A 80 (2009) 062708 over the measured energy range. These accurate theoretical results can be used in the modeling and diagnosis of plasmas containing xenon.