Energies, radiative and Auger transitions of the core-excited states for the boron atom

•Term energies of the 1s vacancy resonances for B are calculated.•Radiative and Auger transitions for inner-shell excitation of B are calculated.•Auger electron energies and branching ratios are used to identify B Auger spectrum.•Many previously unknown line identifications of B are presented for the first time.

Energies, radiative and Auger transitions of the 1s vacancy resonances 1s2s22p2, 1s2s22p3p, 1s2s2p3, 1s2p4, and 1s2p33p, 4L (L=S, P, D) for the neutral boron atom are calculated using the saddle-point variation and saddle-point complex-rotation methods. Large-scale wave functions are used to obtain reliable results. Relativistic and mass polarization corrections are included by the first-order perturbation theory. The calculated term energies, x-ray wavelengths, and Auger electron energies for these core-excited states are compared with available theoretical and experimental results. Auger electron energies and branching ratios are used to identify high-resolution B Auger spectrum produced in 300 keV B+ on CH4 collision experiment. It is found that the Auger decay of core-excited states of the boron atom gives significant contributions to Auger spectrum in the range of 165-210 eV, and many previously unknown line identifications are presented.