Utilities for the Ratip package Original Research Article

During recent years, the Ratip package has been applied successfully for studying the behaviour and properties of open-shell atoms and ions within a relativistic framework. A series of case studies on the transition probabilities and lifetimes as well as for autoionization processes of different open-shell ions showed that it is possible today to make accurate predictions if all the dominant effects from relativity, correlation, and from the rearrangement of the electron density are treated on the same footings. Here, I present a toolbox for the Ratip package which supports the data handling and the interpretation of (complex) spectra. These Utilities have been found useful, in particular when large-scale applications ought to be carried out with Ratip.