Hartree-Fock values of<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>L</mml:mi></mml:math>x-ray emission rates

Separate relativistic Hartree-Fock solutions for atoms in their initial and final states are used for calculating the radiative decay rates of $L$-shell vacancy states. The matrix-element calculations include the exchange effects of the nonzero overlap of wave functions from different subshells. Results are presented for a set of elements from $Z=18$ to 94. The rates for producing multiple vacancy states in the decay process are included in the calculation. The corrections to single-potential Hartree-Slater values of the $L$ x-ray emission ratios are less than the present accuracies and spread in the experimental data.