Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables 98 (2012) 566–588 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/adt Transition probabilities and radiative lifetimes of levels in F I Gültekin Çelik ∗ , Duygu Doğan, Şule Ateş, Mehmet Taşer Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Selçuk University, Campus 42049 Konya, Turkey article info Article history: Received 30 June 2011 Received in revised form 20 December 2011 Accepted 20 January 2012 abstract The electric dipole transition probabilities and the lifetimes of excited levels have been calculated using the weakest bound electron potential model theory (WBEPMT) and the quantum defect orbital theory (QDOT) in atomic fluorine. In the calculations, many of transition arrays included both multiplet and fine-structure transitions are considered. We employed Numerical Coulomb Approximation (NCA) wave functions and numerical non-relativistic Hartree–Fock (NRHF) wave functions for expectation values of radii in determination of parameters. The necessary energy values have been taken from experimental energy data in the literature. The calculated transition probabilities and lifetimes have been compared with available theoretical and experimental results. A good agreement with results in literature has been obtained. Moreover, some transition probability and the lifetime values not existing in the literature for some highly excited levels have been obtained using these methods. © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: gultekin@selcuk.edu.tr (G. Çelik). 0092-640X/$ – see front matter © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.adt.2012.01.003