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\caption{\label{Tab:Mn:Fe:tar-str}The lowest $\Delta n_{{\rm c}} = 0$ core excitation thresholds (in Rydbergs) for \ion{Mn}{viii} and \ion{Fe}{ix}.}
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   &         & \multicolumn{4}{c}{${\rm Mn}^{7+}$} &   & \multicolumn{7}{c}{${\rm Fe}^{8+}$} \\
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K  & Config. & Level(mix) & Present\tablefootmark{a} & NIST\tablefootmark{b} & MCHF\tablefootmark{c} &
             & Level(mix) & Present\tablefootmark{a} & NIST\tablefootmark{b} & MCHF\tablefootmark{c} & CIV3\tablefootmark{e} & IRON\tablefootmark{f} & FAC3\tablefootmark{g} \\
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%K   Configuration               Level                                                  Present      NIST         MCHF      CIV3          IRON       FAC3
 1 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{6}  $ & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}S_{0}~(96.7\%)          $            & $0.00000$ & $0.00000$  & $0.00000$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}S_{0}~(96.9\%)          $            & $0.00000$ & $0.00000$  & $0.00000$ & $0.00000$ & $0.00000$ & $0.0000$ \\
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 2 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}P_{0}^{{\rm o}}~(97.2\%)$            & $3.36224$ & $3.40502$  & $3.19510$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}P_{0}^{{\rm o}}~(97.4\%)$            & $3.67368$ & $3.69767$  & $3.45516$ & $3.69766$ & $3.76364$ & $3.7475$ \\
 3 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}P_{1}^{{\rm o}}~(96.9\%)$            & $3.37921$ & $3.42372$  & $3.21381$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}P_{1}^{{\rm o}}~(96.9\%)$            & $3.69563$ & $3.72084$  & $3.47859$ & $3.72078$ & $3.78883$ & $3.7710$ \\
 4 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}P_{2}^{{\rm o}}~(96.4\%)$            & $3.41384$ & $3.46275$  & $3.25264$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}P_{2}^{{\rm o}}~(96.2\%)$            & $3.74058$ & $3.76963$  & $3.52725$ & $3.76962$ & $3.84039$ & $3.8200$ \\
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 5 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}F_{4}^{{\rm o}}~(97.5\%)$            & $3.55446$ & $3.57067$  & $3.36662$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}F_{4}^{{\rm o}}~(97.6\%)$            & $3.88447$ & $3.88026$  & $3.64440$ & $3.88027$ & $3.97113$ & $3.9468$ \\
 6 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}F_{3}^{{\rm o}}~(94.9\%)$            & $3.57113$ & $3.59878$  & $3.39298$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}F_{3}^{{\rm o}}~(93.9\%)$            & $3.90343$ & $3.91217$  & $3.67440$ & $3.91217$ & $4.00201$ & $3.9797$ \\
 7 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}F_{2}^{{\rm o}}~(95.5\%)$            & $3.59269$ & $3.63198$  & $3.42463$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}F_{2}^{{\rm o}}~(94.6\%)$            & $3.93169$ & $3.95325$  & $3.71373$ & $3.95329$ & $4.04308$ & $4.0215$ \\
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 8 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{3}^{{\rm o}}~(68.7\%)$            & $3.81841$ & $3.82162$  & $3.62227$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{3}^{{\rm o}}~(64.5\%)$            & $4.16736$ & $4.15184$  & $3.92030$ & $4.15171$ & $4.25326$ & $4.2373$ \\
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 9 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{2}^{{\rm o}}~(64.4\%)$            & $3.81303$ & $3.82565$  & $3.62467$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{2}^{{\rm o}}~(62.1\%)$            & $4.16451$ & $4.16224$  & $3.92846$ & $4.16220$ & $4.26847$ & $4.2540$ \\
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10 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{1}^{{\rm o}}~(96.8\%)$            & $3.83602$ & $3.85773$  & $3.65585$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{1}^{{\rm o}}~(96.8\%)$            & $4.19143$ & $4.19744$  & $3.96326$ & $4.19745$ & $4.29702$ & $4.2836$ \\
11 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{2}^{{\rm o}}~(64.7\%)$            & $3.85013$ & $3.86961$  & $3.66842$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{2}^{{\rm o}}~(62.6\%)$            & $4.21227$ & $4.21567$  & $3.98226$ & $4.21573$ & $4.31956$ & $4.3039$ \\
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12 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}F_{3}^{{\rm o}}~(67.1\%)$            & $3.86567$ & $3.89595$  & $3.69578$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}F_{3}^{{\rm o}}~(62.2\%)$            & $4.22812$ & $4.24494$  & $4.01241$ & $4.24509$ & $4.34420$ & $4.3281$ \\
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13 & $\rm 3s^{2}3p^{5}3d$ & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}P_{1}^{{\rm o}}~(95.7\%)$\tablefootmark{\bigstar}  & $4.91368$ & $4.91368$  & $4.76446$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}P_{1}^{{\rm o}}~(95.9\%)$\tablefootmark{\bigstar} & $5.32660$ & $5.32678$  & $5.14621$ & $5.32645$ & $5.47936$ & $5.4598$ \\
   &                  &                                                             &           &            &           &
                      &                                                             &           &            & $5.212^{{\rm d}}$ &   &           &          \\
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14 & $\rm 3s^{ }3p^{6}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{1}~(73.5\%)$                      & $6.05426$ & $6.08432$  & $5.99785$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{1}~(74.7\%)$                      & $6.61242$ & $6.62249$  & $6.50906$ & $6.62249$ & $6.75891$ & $6.7176$ \\
15 & $\rm 3s^{ }3p^{6}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{2}~(73.4\%)$                      & $6.06173$ & $6.09007$  & $6.00326$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{2}~(74.6\%)$                      & $6.62228$ & $6.63001$  & $6.51629$ & $6.63001$ & $6.76762$ & $6.7251$ \\
16 & $\rm 3s^{ }3p^{6}3d$ & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{3}~(73.7\%)$                      & $6.07394$ & $6.09935$  & $6.01167$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{3}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{3}~(74.9\%)$                      & $6.63882$ & $6.64254$  & $6.52770$ & $6.64254$ & $6.78194$ & $6.7377$ \\
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17 & $\rm 3s^{ }3p^{6}3d$ & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{2}~(68.2\%)$                      & $6.26561$ & $6.27726$  & $6.23324$ &
                      & $\rm {}^{1}\hspace*{-.5mm}D_{2}~(69.4\%)$                      & $6.84122$ & $6.83333$  & $6.76228$ & $6.83334$ & $6.98165$ & $6.9447$ \\
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\tablefoot{ \tablefoottext{a}{present work: 2894-level MCBP results;}
        \tablefoottext{b}{ critically compiled experimental data of \cite{Shirai:2000};}
        \tablefoottext{c}{MCHF results\ of \cite{Irimia:2003};}
        \tablefoottext{\bigstar}{dominant excitation threshold - see Table~\ref{Tab:tar-rad};}
        \tablefoottext{d}{single configuration TDCHF results\ of \cite{Ghosh:1997};}
        \tablefoottext{e}{CIV3 results\ of \cite{Verma:2006};}
        \tablefoottext{f}{IRON Project results\ of \cite{Storey:2002};}
        \tablefoottext{g}{6284-level FAC results\ of \cite{Aggarwal:2006};}
}
\end{table}